Combating the Obesogenic Environment: Helping Children Hold onto Health

Autor/in	Whitehead, Tanya D.
Titel	Combating the Obesogenic Environment: Helping Children Hold onto Health
Quelle	6 (2007) 4, (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Incidence; Children; Public Policy; Child Health; Etiology; Environmental Influences; Intervention; Legislation; Eating Habits; Physical Activity Level; Life Style; Socioeconomic Influences; Low Income Groups; Health Promotion; Body Weight; Public Health; Chronic Illness; Racial Differences; Social Bias; At Risk Persons; Family Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Vorkommen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Öffentliche Ordnung; Ätiologie; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Gesetzgebungslehre; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Lebensstil; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Körpergewicht; Gesundheitswesen; Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Rassenunterschied; Risikogruppe
Abstract	Given the unprecedented global incidence of overweight in children, the issues that potentially create and sustain a circumstance of epidemic childhood overweight, and the efforts that are underway to prevent and remediate childhood overweight need to be examined. The article explores potentially interrelated causes of obesity/overweight in children and their families, and describe efforts underway to remediate environmental correlates through direct intervention, legislation and a shift in public policy. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10