Medicine & Health Sciences

Childhood Obesity
Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Prevention

Editor: Rexford S. Ahima, MD, PhD

Childhood Obesity

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: January 2014
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781926895918
E-Book ISBN: 9781482231564
Pages: 386pp
Binding Type: hardbound / ebook

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.



The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased worldwide in recent decades. Childhood obesity is associated with psychosocial problems and serious illnesses such diabetes, asthma, sleep apnea and fatty liver. Childhood obesity also predisposes toward adult obesity, which increases the risk of developing diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and other diseases.

The book
  • describes the trends in overweight, obesity, and related diseases in children
  • evaluates the contributions of genetic and environmental factors in childhood obesity
  • shows the adverse health consequences of childhood obesity
  • presents strategies for obesity prevention, including community and family-based interventions

CONTENTS:
Introduction
Part I: Genetic and Environmental Factors
Chapter 1. Genetics of Childhood Obesity

Jianhua Zhao and Struan F. A. Grant

Chapter 2. Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Weight, Height, and BMI From Birth to 19 Years of Age: An International Study of Over 12,000 Twin Pairs

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

Chapter 3. Estimation of Newborn Risk for Child or Adolescent Obesity: Lessons from Longitudinal Birth Cohorts

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

Chapter 4. National Trends in Beverage Consumption in Children from Birth to 5 Years: Analysis of NHANES Across Three Decades

Victor L Fulgoni and Erin E Quann

Chapter 5. The Relationship Between Physical Activity, Physical Fitness and Overweight in Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Studies Published in or After 2000

Annette Rauner, Filip Mess, and Alexander Woll

Chapter 6. Childhood and Family Influences on Body Mass Index in Early Adulthood: Findings from the Ontario Child Health Study

Andrea Gonzalez, Michael H Boyle, Katholiki Georgiades, Laura Duncan, Leslie R Atkinson, and Harriet L Macmillan
Part II: Adverse Health Consequences

Chapter 7. Childhood Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Indra Narang and Joseph L. Mathew

Chapter 8. Assessment of Endothelial Dysfunction in Childhood Obesity and Clinical Use

Luc Bruyndonckx, Vicky Y. Hoymans, Amaryllis H. Van Craenenbroeck, Dirk K. Vissers, Christiaan J. Vrints, José Ramet, and Viviane M. Conraads

Chapter 9. Insulin Sensitivity, Serum Lipids, and Systemic Inflammatory Markers in School – Aged Obese and Nonobese Children

Jinkwan Kim, Rakesh Bhattacharjee, Leila Kheirandish–Gozal, Abdelnaby Khalyfa, Oscar Sans Capdevila, Riva Tauman, and David Goza

Chapter 10. Is Childhood Obesity Associated With Bone Density and Strength in Adulthood?.

Kirsti Uusi–Rasi, Pekka Kannus, Matti Pasanen, and Harri Sievänen

Chapter 11. Overweight, Obesity and Underweight Is Associated With Adverse Psychosocial and Physical Health Outcomes Among 7–Year–Old Children: The ‘Be Active, Eat Right’ Study

Amy Van Grieken, Carry M. Renders, Anne I. Wijtzes, Remy A. Hirasing, and Hein Raat
Part III: Prevention and Treatment

Chapter 12. Determinants of Weight Loss in an Interdisciplinary Long–Term Care Program for Childhood Obesity

A. C. Dubuisson, F. R. Zech, M. M. Dassy, N. B. Jodogne, and V. M. Beauloye

Chapter 13. Intervening to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors and Childhood Obesity Among School–Age Youth: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials

May May Leung, Alen Agaronov, Kateryna Grytsenko, and Ming–Chin Yeh

Chapter 14. Multi–Institutional Sharing of Electronic Health Record Data to Assess Childhood Obesity

L. Charles Bailey, David E. Milov, Kelly Kelleher, Michael G. Kahn, Mark Del Beccaro, Feliciano Yu, Thomas Richards, and Christopher B. Forrest

Chapter 5. Childhood Obesity, Prevalence and Prevention.

Mahshid Dehghan, Noori Akhtar–Danesh, and Anwar T Merchant

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editor: Rexford S. Ahima, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Dr. Rexford S. Ahima is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his BSc training at the University of London, MD at the University of Ghana, and PhD in neuroscience at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, internship and residency training in internal medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, and clinical and research fellowships in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Dr. Ahima’s research is focused on the actions of adipose hormones on energy homeostasis, and glucose and lipid metabolism. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), and the Association of American Physicians (AAP), and a fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP), and The Obesity Society (TOS).




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