Epidemiology of Obesity in Children and Adolescents. Prevalence and Etiology (Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health)

About this book

• comprehensive and authoritative
• global in scope

Written for » Professional/practitioner

Keywords » childhood obesity - global health - pediatric obesity - pediatric overweight

Related subjects » Epidemiology - Public Health

Table of contents

Introduction.- Ethics.- Methodology.- Part I: Descriptive Epidemiology.- Europe and Russia.- North America.- South America.- Australia and the Pacific Region.- North Africa and Arab Countries.- Remaining Africa.- Japan.- India.- China.- Remaining Asia.- Synthesis Chapter.- Part II: Etiological Factors.- Genetic Factors.- Nutrigenomics.- Neuroendocrine Regulation.- Imprinting/ Perinatal Factors/ Breastfeeding.- Diet I: Macro- and Micronutrients.- Diet II: Food Patterns.- Physical Activity/ Cardiorespiratory Fitness.- Sedentary Behavior/ Sleep.- Environmental Factors.- Psychosocial Factors.- Consumer Behavior.- Taste/ Sensory Perception/ Food Preferences.- Synthesis Chapter.

Authors & Editors

Luis Moreno Aznar is Professor in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Iris Pigeot is Professor in the Division of Biometry and Data Management at the University of Bremen, Germany.
Wolfgang Ahrens is Professor in the Division of Epidemiological Methods and Etiologic Research at the University of Bremen.