Obesity in Youth

Causes, Consequences, and Cures

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Rates of obesity in youth have tripled in the past 2 years. Today it is estimated that over twenty percent of American children and adolescents are overweight. This emerging epidemic has stimulated a great deal of new research into the formative influences and the interpersonal, social and psychological effects of obesity on children. In this thorough and incisive book, editors Leslie Heinberg and J. Kevin Thompson have employed an august group of researchers to describe these trends and to discuss their implications for the assessment, treatment, and prevention of obesity in youth. The book opens by acquainting readers with key genetic influences and dietary patterns, and later chapters on treatment and prevention are written from medical and public health perspectives. But contributors focus primarily on psychological aspects of obesity such as teasing, body image, and co-morbidity with mental disorders as well as the psychosocial consequences for children, families and the larger society. This wide-ranging volume will be of great use for public and mental health professionals, as well as academics and researchers who seek a fuller understanding of the fight against childhood obesity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-01-15
Mått:178 x 254 x 25 mm
Vikt:658 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:243
Förlag:American Psychological Association
ISBN:9781433804274

Utforska kategorier

Klinisk psykologi inom Medicin
Biologisk psykologi och neuropsykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Fetma inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

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).

Recensioner i media

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)

Innehållsförteckning

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