Childhood Obesity
From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention
- 1st Edition - September 13, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Luis Moreno
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 9 7 5 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 9 7 4 - 0
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Request a sales quoteChildhood Obesity: From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention brings together field experts, taking a multifactorial approach to understand the scope and various causes of the issue and offer the latest in treatment and prevention strategies and resources. Beginning with basic concepts and definitions, chapters progress to cover worldwide prevalence and trends, genetic and epigenetic origins, metabolic programming, and neuroendocrine control of appetite and satiety. Further, this book examines social determinants and lifestyle behaviors contributing to risk factors as well as complications associated with childhood obesity.
Final chapters discuss multidisciplinary treatment, strategies for prevention, and current worldwide policies aimed to address obesity in children. This fundamental reference is a vital resource for both researchers and practicing clinicians in pediatric medicine.
- Provides a comprehensive approach to childhood obesity
- Presents a multi-omics description of the early origins of childhood obesity
- Includes innovative strategies to treat and prevent obesity in children
Medical professionals dealing with children with obesity (i.e. Clinicians/Pediatricians, Nutritionists/Dietitians) Scientists and scientific researchers of prevention/health promotion in relation with obesity, genetics, epigenetics, omic technologies, Epidemiologists describing non-communicable diseases epidemiology, Sports scientists dealing with children with obesity, Health professionals working on public health services
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Concept and definition: Body composition assessment
- Introduction
- Body composition assessment techniques
- Indices to estimate excess body fat
- Criteria for the diagnosis and screening of obesity in children and adolescents
- Chapter 2. Worldwide levels and trends in childhood obesity
- Introduction: Data sources of overweight and obesity estimates
- Preschool children
- School-aged children and adolescents
- Demographic differences in obesity levels and trends
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Genetic and epigenetic origins of childhood obesity
- Introduction
- Genetics of childhood obesity
- Epigenetics of childhood obesity
- Intestinal microbiota
- Conclusions and future perspectives
- List of abbreviations
- Chapter 4. Metabolic programming and early origins of childhood obesity
- Introduction
- Pregnancy period
- Body weight at birth and later obesity risk
- Early growth
- Early infant feeding
- Complementary feeding and obesity risk in childhood
- Conclusions
- Chapter 5. Childhood appetite control and obesity: A complex interplay between neuroendocrine and environmental factors
- Introduction
- Neuroendocrine control of appetite in children
- Environmental and behavioral factors influencing appetite in children
- Perspectives and conclusion
- Chapter 6. Social determinants and obesogenic environment
- Introduction
- Social determinants, socioeconomic status and vulnerabilities
- Socioeconomic disparities in diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviors in vulnerable groups
- Obesogenic environments in vulnerable groups (Fig. 6.2)
- Interventions and solutions to address the social determinants and obesogenic environment in childhood obesity
- Chapter 7. Dietary patterns and childhood obesity
- Moving beyond single nutrients
- Diet quality and NCDs
- Defining dietary patterns
- The establishment of dietary patterns in early life and tracking to mid-childhood
- Association between dietary patterns and childhood obesity (healthy and unhealthy)
- Principles of sustainable healthy dietary patterns
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and sleep as childhood obesity risk factors
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Sedentary behaviour as a risk factor for childhood overweight and obesity
- Physical inactivity as a risk factor for childhood overweight and obesity
- Sleep difficulties as a risk factor for childhood overweight and obesity
- Recommendations for the reduction of overweight and obesity in children
- Chapter 9. Health complications of obesity during childhood and beyond
- Introduction
- Comorbidities and complications
- Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Multidisciplinary treatment of childhood obesity
- Multidisciplinary treatment of childhood obesity
- Chapter 11. New strategies for the prevention of childhood obesity
- Introduction
- Childhood obesity epidemiology
- Methods for needs assessment to design interventions (focus groups and more)
- The social-ecological model: A framework for prevention
- School and community
- Cultural factors and policies
- Intervention mapping
- Multicomponent interventions: Diet, physical activity, and behavioral changes
- Fields of action
- Prevention strategies—Family involvement
- Prevention strategies—School environment
- Prevention strategies—Community environment
- Prevention strategies—Healthcare environment
- Technologies of information and communications (TICs) and artificial intelligence to prevent childhood obesity.
- E-health y M-health to evaluate food environment
- Applications for change in food and physical activity behaviors
- Artificial intelligence to do recommendations based on health evidence
- Conclusions/final comments
- Chapter 12. Worldwide institutional policies to end with childhood obesity
- Childhood obesity on the global agenda
- Childhood obesity on the WHO European Region agenda
- Childhood obesity trends and surveillance initiatives
- Taking action on childhood obesity
- Implementation status of policies and interventions for ending childhood obesity
- The way forward
- Disclaimer
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 13, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 338
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443219757
- eBook ISBN: 9780443219740
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Luis Moreno
Luis Moreno, PhD, MD is a professor of Research Methods at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, where he trained as a medical doctor and completed his PhD thesis. Dr. Moreno studied Human Nutrition and Public and Community Health at the University of Nancy in France. He has participated in numerous research projects dealing with childhood obesity and related disorders, is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Health as well as the European commission (HELENA, IDEFICS, EURRECCA, ENERGY, ToyBox, iFamily, Feel4Diabetes and DigiCare4You). Dr Moreno has published more than 800 papers in peer reviewed journals. He is the coordinator of the GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) research group at the University of Zaragoza as well as a former member of the ESPGHAN Committee of Nutrition and former President of the Spanish Nutrition Society. Dr Moreno has the honour of being recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics
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Professor of Research Methods, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SpainRead Childhood Obesity on ScienceDirect