Häftad, Engelska, 2024
Childhood Obesity
From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention
Av Luis Moreno
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Beskrivning
Childhood Obesity: From Basic Knowledge to Effective Prevention brings together field experts, taking a multifactorial approach to understand the scope and various causes of the issue and offer the latest in treatment and prevention strategies and resources. Beginning with basic concepts and definitions, chapters progress to cover worldwide prevalence and trends, genetic and epigenetic origins, metabolic programming, and neuroendocrine control of appetite and satiety. Further, this book examines social determinants and lifestyle behaviors contributing to risk factors as well as complications associated with childhood obesity.
Final chapters discuss multidisciplinary treatment, strategies for prevention, and current worldwide policies aimed to address obesity in children. This fundamental reference is a vital resource for both researchers and practicing clinicians in pediatric medicine.
- Provides a comprehensive approach to childhood obesity
- Presents a multi-omics description of the early origins of childhood obesity
- Includes innovative strategies to treat and prevent obesity in children
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 2024-09-18
- Mått: 191 x 235 x 21 mm
- Vikt: 690 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 338
- Förlag: Elsevier Science
- ISBN: 9780443219757
Mer information
Luis Moreno, PhD, MD is a professor of Research Methods at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, where he trained as a medical doctor and completed his PhD thesis. Dr. Moreno studied Human Nutrition and Public and Community Health at the University of Nancy in France. He has participated in numerous research projects dealing with childhood obesity and related disorders, is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Health as well as the European commission (HELENA, IDEFICS, EURRECCA, ENERGY, ToyBox, iFamily, Feel4Diabetes and DigiCare4You). Dr Moreno has published more than 800 papers in peer reviewed journals. He is the coordinator of the GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) research group at the University of Zaragoza as well as a former member of the ESPGHAN Committee of Nutrition and former President of the Spanish Nutrition Society. Dr Moreno has the honour of being recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics
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