Obesity in Youth

Leslie J. Heinberg, PhD, is an associate professor of medicine for the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and director of behavioral services for the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. She previously served as clinical director of Healthy Kids/Healthy Weight, a comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation and intervention pediatric obesity program at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Heinberg coauthored (with J. Kevin Thompson) the book Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance (American Psychological Association, 998) and has published more than three dozen articles related to body image, eating disorders, and obesity. She has also served as a coinvestigator on six federally funded studies of obesity prevention and treatment or body image.  J. Kevin Thompson, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa. He has written, edited, or coedited five books on the topics of obesity, eating disorders, and body image: Body Image, Eating Disorders and Obesity: An Integrative Guide for Assessment and Treatment (American Psychological Association [APA], 99 ) Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance (APA, 998) Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Obesity in Youth (two editions APA, 2 , 2 9) and The Muscular Ideal: Psychological, Social, and Medical Perspectives (APA, 2 7).

amp hellip this book is a valuable addition to our understanding of the psychosocial and behavioral aspects of obesity in youth.(New England Journal of Medicine)

• ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Obesity Epidemic in Children and Adolescents amp ndash Leslie J. Heinberg and J. Kevin ThompsonI. Formative Influences: Risk for Obesity in Childhood and AdolescenceBiological and Genetic Influences -Nathan J. Markward, Martha J. Markward, and Catherine A. PetersonEarly Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Dietary Patterns -James F. Sallis, Dori Rosenberg, and Jacqueline KerrSocial and Interpersonal Influences on Obesity in Youth: Family, Peers, Society -Alison E. Field and Nicole R. Kitos II. Psychosocial, Interpersonal, and Intrapersonal Effects of ObesityPsychosocial Consequences of Obesity and Weight Bias: Implications for Interventions -Jess Haines and Dianne Neumark-SztainerBody Image in Pediatric Obesity -Sylvia Herbozo and J. Kevin ThompsonPsychological Comorbidity and Childhood Overweight -Rebecca M. Ringham, Michele D. Levine, and Marsha D. Marcus III. Assessment, Intervention, and PreventionAssessment of Overweight Children and Adolescents -Lindsay Varkula and Leslie J. HeinbergIntervention: Strategies Designed to Affect Activity Level, Intake Patterns, and Behavior -Myles S. Faith and Brian H. WrotniakPrevention: Changing Children's Diet and Physical Activity Patterns via Schools, Families, and the Environment -Russell Jago, Debbe Thompson, Sharon O'Donnell, Karen Cullen, and Tom BaranowskiFuture Directions in Pediatric Obesity -J. Kevin Thompson and Leslie J. HeinbergAuthor IndexSubject IndexAbout the Editors