1st Edition

Childhood Obesity Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Management

Edited By Rexford S. Ahima Copyright 2013
    386 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    386 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.



    The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased worldwide in recent decades. Obesity in childhood is associated with a wide range of serious health complications and an increased risk of premature illness and death later in life. This book presents childhood obesity trends across multiple demographics and discusses the contributing genetic and environmental factors. It demonstrates the adverse health consequences of childhood obesity both as they relate to childhood and as they last into adulthood and presents multiple methods for obesity treatment included community and family-based intervention, pharmacotherapy, and surgical procedures.

    Introduction

    Genetic and Environmental Factors
    Genetics of Childhood Obesity, Jianhua Zhao and Struan F. A. Grant
    Genetic and Environmental Contributions, Lise Dubois, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Manon Girard, Fabiola Tatone-Tokuda, Daniel Pérusse, Jacob Hjelmborg, Axel Skytthe, Finn Rasmussen, Margaret J. Wright, Paul Lichtenstein, and Nicholas G. Martin
    Newborn Risk for Child Obesity, Anita Morandi, David Meyre, Stéphane Lobbens, Ken Kleinman, Marika Kaakinen, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Vincent Vatin, Stefan Gaget, Anneli Pouta, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Jaana Laitinen, Aimo Ruokonen, Shikta Das, Anokhi Ali Khan, Paul Elliott, Claudio Maffeis, Matthew W. Gillman, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, and Philippe Froguel
    Beverage Consumption in Children, Victor L. Fulgoni and Erin E. Quann
    Relationship between Physical Activity and Weight, Annette Rauner, Filip Mess, and Alexander Woll
    Childhood and Family Influences on BMI, Andrea Gonzalez, Michael H Boyle, Katholiki Georgiades, Laura Duncan, Leslie R. Atkinson, and Harriet L. MacMillan

    Adverse Health Consequences
    Childhood Obesity and Sleep Apnea, Indra Narang and Joseph L. Mathew
    Endothelial Dysfunction in Childhood Obesity, Luc Bruyndonckx, Vicky Y. Hoymans, Amaryllis H. Van Craenenbroeck, Dirk K. Vissers, Christiaan J. Vrints, José Ramet, and Viviane M. Conraads
    Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Children, Jinkwan Kim, Rakesh Bhattacharjee, Leila Kheirandish-Gozal, Abdelnaby Khalyfa, Oscar Sans Capdevila, Riva Tauman, and David Gozal
    Childhood Obesity and Bone Density, Kirsti Uusi-Rasi, Pekka Kannus, Matti Pasanen, and Harri Sievänen
    Psychosocial and Physical Health Outcomes, Amy van Grieken, Carry M. Renders, Anne I. Wijtzes, Remy A. Hirasing, and Hein Raat

    Prevention and Treatment
    Determinants of Weight Loss, A. C. Dubuisson, F. R. Zech, M. M. Dassy, N. B. Jodogne, and V. M. Beauloye
    Intervening to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors, May May Leung, Alen Agaronov, Kateryna Grytsenko, and Ming-Chin Yeh
    Sharing of Electronic Health Record Data, L. Charles Bailey, David E. Milov, Kelly Kelleher, Michael G. Kahn, Mark Del Beccaro, Feliciano Yu, Thomas Richards, and Christopher B. Forrest
    Childhood Obesity, Prevalence and Prevention, Mahshid Dehghan, Noori Akhtar-Danesh, and Anwar T Merchant
    Index

    Biography

    Ahima, Rexford S.|

    "The book confirmed that prevention programmes work not just by boosting physical activity but by the consequent reduction in children’s exposure to heavy marketing of unhealthy fast-foods and soft drinks …This book would be suitable for academics working in this important field …"
    —Rachel Pryke, RCGP, Clinical Lead for Nutrition, Royal College of General Practitioners, London, UK, in British Journal of General Practice