Childhood Obesity Prevention: Compelling Challenge of the Twenty-First Century

Autor/inn/en	Levy, Luba Zuk; Petty, Karen
Titel	Childhood Obesity Prevention: Compelling Challenge of the Twenty-First Century
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 178 (2008) 6, S.609-615 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Health Education; Prevention; Physicians; Child Health; Child Development; Public Health; Incidence; Minority Groups; Low Income Groups; Socioeconomic Influences; Public Policy; Cognitive Development; Social Development; Emotional Development; Physical Development; Physical Activity Level; Eating Habits; Young Children; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Kindesentwicklung; Gesundheitswesen; Vorkommen; Ethnische Minderheit; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Öffentliche Ordnung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Körperliche Entwicklung; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Frühe Kindheit; USA
Abstract	There has been a worldwide increase in the prevalence of children who are obese that is rapidly reaching epidemic proportions. These obese children have associated significant co-morbidities. In the past 30 years the proportion of children in the United States who are obese or overweight has tripled; 15%, or approximately nine million, are obese. Ethnic minority communities with lower socioeconomic status have the highest percentage of children who are obese or overweight. Communities are slow to institute effective policies and protocols for prevention. Parents, schools and physicians are undereducated about the prevention and treatment of this disease process. Prevention will require upgrading of school health education, teacher educators and medical curricula. It must begin early in childhood by addressing the cognitive, psychomotor and social-emotional domains. The aim of this review is to educate stakeholders on the need to cooperate and coordinate with each other to create community-based treatment protocols. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10