Child and Adolescent Obesity
Causes and Consequences, Prevention and Management

This book addresses the ever increasing problem of obesity in children and adolescents.

Walter Burniat (Edited by), Tim J. Cole (Edited by), Inge Lissau (Edited by), Elizabeth M. E. Poskitt (Edited by)

9780521026642, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 June 2006

440 pages, 25 b/w illus. 25 tables
24.4 x 17 x 2.2 cm, 0.697 kg

'… includes a wealth of information on childhood and adolescent obesity written by scholars from around the world … The book is well organized and a pleasure to read … ideal for researchers and health professionals as well as for use in human biology courses on childhood and adolescent obesity.' Annals of Human Biology

This book addresses the ever increasing problem of obesity in children and adolescents, the long-term health and social problems that arise from this, and approaches to prevention and management. Aimed at doctors, and all health-care professionals, it will be of interest to all those concerned with the increasing prevalence of obesity in both the developed and developing world. It covers all aspects of obesity from epidemiology and prevention to recent developments in biochemistry and genetics, and to the varied approaches to management which are influenced by social and clinical need. A foreword by William Dietz and a forward-looking 'future perspectives' conclusion by Philip James embrace an international team of authors, all with first-hand experience of the issues posed by obesity in the young. This comprehensive survey of an important and growing medical problem will help inform, influence and educate those charged with tackling this crisis.

List of contributors
Foreword William H. Dietz
Preface
Part I. Causes: 1. Measurement and definition Tim J. Cole and Marie Françoise Rolland-Cachera
2. Epidemiology Michèle Guillaume and Inge Lissau
3. Molecular and biological factors with emphasis on adipose tissue development Martin Wabitsch
4. Nutrition Marie Françoise Rolland-Cachera and France Bellisle
5. Physical activity Yves Schutz and Claudio Maffeis
6. Psychosocial factors Andrew J. Hill and Inge Lissau
Part II. Consequences: 7. Clinical features, adverse effects and outcome Karl F. M. Zwiauer, Margherita Caroli, Ewa Malecka-Tendera and Elizabeth M. E. Poskitt
8. The obese adolescent Marie-Laure Frelut and Carl-Erik Flodmark
9. Prader-Willi and other syndromes Giuseppe Chiumello and Elizabeth M. E. Poskitt
10. Hormonal and metabolic changes Ewa Malecka-Tendera and Dénes Molnár
11. Risk of cardiovascular complications David S. Freedman, Sathanur R. Srinivasan and Gerald S. Berenson
Part III. Prevention and Management: 12. Prevention Inge Lissau, Walter Burniat, Elizabeth M. E. Poskitt and Tim J. Cole
13. Home-based management Elizabeth M. E. Poskitt
14. Dietary management Margherita Caroli and Walter Burniat
15. Management through activity Jana Parizkova, Claudio Maffeis and Elizabeth M. E. Poskitt
16. Psychotherapy Carl-Erik Flodmark and Inge Lissau
17. Drug therapy Dénes Molnár and Ewa Malecka-Tendera
18. Surgical treatment Alessandro Salvatoni
19. Interdisciplinary outpatient management Beatrice Bauer and Claudio Maffeis
20. Interdiscplinary residential management Marie-Laure Frelut
21. The future W. Philip T. James
Index.

Subject Areas: Psychiatry [MMH], Paediatric medicine [MJW], Personal & public health [MBNH]