Obesity in youth

Cover......Page 1
Copyright\r......Page 3
Table of Contents\r......Page 5
Contributors\r......Page 7
Preface\r......Page 9
Acknowledgments\r......Page 11
Introduction: The obesity epidemic in children and adolescents\r......Page 15
PART I: Formative incluences: Risk for obesity in childhood and adolescence......Page 27
1. Biological and genetic influences\r......Page 29
2. Early physical activity, sedentary behavior, and dietary patterns\r......Page 49
3. Social and interpersonal influences on obesity in youth: Family, peers, society\r......Page 71
PART II: Psychosocial, Interpersonal, and Intrapersonal Effects of Obesity\r......Page 90
4. Psychosocial consequences of obesity and weight bias: Implications for interventions\r......Page 91
5. Body image in pediatric obesity\r......Page 111
6. Psychological comorbidity and childhood overweight\r......Page 127
PART III: Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention\r......Page 148
7. Assessment of overweight children and adolescents\r......Page 149
8. Intervention: Strategies designed to affect activity level, intake patterns, and behavior\r......Page 171
9. Prevention: Changing children\'s diet and physical activity patterns via schools, families, and the environment\r......Page 195
10. Future directions in pediatric obesity\r......Page 215
Author Index\r......Page 221
Subject Index\r......Page 241
About the Editors\r......Page 255