Research Catalog

Title

Child health, nutrition, and physical activity / Lilian W.Y. Cheung, Julius B. Richmond, editors.

Publication

Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c1995.

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Additional Authors

• Cheung, Lilian W. Y., 1951-
• Harvard Conference on Nutrition and Physical Activity of Children and Youth (1991)
• Richmond, Julius B. (Julius Benjamin), 1916-2008.

Description

xiv, 377 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

• Child Health, Nutrition, and Physical Activity offers a comprehensive review of the latest information on nutrition, physical activity, eating disorders, obesity in childhood, and prevention of chronic disease in adulthood.
• The book contains papers by experts and researchers who identify important health considerations for American youth, describe and critique previous interventions and current behavior patterns, identify gaps in current knowledge, and recommend ways to improve nutrition and fitness in children and adolescents. Practitioners, researchers, and policy makers concerned about the health and fitness of children and youth will want to have a copy of this important reference and text.

Subjects

• Teenagers > Health and hygiene > United States > Congresses
• Exercise > Child
• Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
• Congress
• Chronic diseases > United States > Prevention > Congresses
• Chronic Disease > Adult
• Health promotion > United States > Congresses
• Primary Prevention > Child
• Health behavior in children > United States > Congresses
• Health behavior in adolescence > United States > Congresses
• Children > Health and hygiene > United States > Congresses
• Health Promotion > methods

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• Based on the 1991 Harvard Conference on Nutrition and Physical Activity of Children and Youth.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: A Healthy Lifestyle to Prevent Disease / Julius B. Richmond -- Ch. 1. Dietary Issues and Nutritional Status of American Children / Catherine E. Woteki and Lloyd J. Filer, Jr. -- Commentary 1 Growth and Development: Nutritional Considerations / Gilbert B. Forbes -- Commentary 2 Sound Bites: Using the Media to Promote Good Nutrition / Johanna T. Dwyer -- Commentary 3 Undernutrition, Early Nutrition, and Overnutrition / Ephraim Y. Levin -- Ch. 2. Activity, Fitness, and Health of Children and Adolescents / Oded Bar-Or and Robert M. Malina -- Commentary 1: A Behavioral Perspective on Children's Physical Activity / James F. Sallis -- Commentary 2: Promoting Activity and Fitness / Russell R. Pate -- Commentary 3: Youth Fitness: Directions for Future Research / Steven N. Blair -- Ch. 3. Childhood Obesity / William H. Dietz -- Commentary 1: Characterizing and Classifying Childhood Obesity / Ethan A. H. Sims --
• Commentary 2: School-Based Interventions for Childhood Obesity / James F. Sallis, Audrey H. Chen and Cynthia M. Castro -- Commentary 3: Future Directions in Obesity Research / Van S. Hubbard -- Ch. 4. Fear of Fatness and Anorexia Nervosa in Children / Regina C. Casper -- Commentary 1: Determinants and Treatment of Eating Disorders / David B. Herzog -- Commentary 2: Prevention Strategies for Eating Disorders / Katherine A. Halmi -- Ch. 5. Childhood Prevention of Adult Chronic Diseases: Rationale and Strategies / Sue Y. S. Kimm and Peter O. Kwiterovich -- Commentary 1: The Physician's Responsibility / William B. Strong -- Commentary 2: Lessons From the Minnesota Heart Health Program / Russell V. Luepker -- Commentary 3: Early Interventions: The Population Approach / R. Curtis Ellison -- Ch. 6. Current Views and Future Perspectives / Lilian W. Y. Cheung -- Ch. 7. Summaries of Working Group Discussions -- Appendix A: A Review of Selected Reports on School-Based Health Promotion --
• Appendix B: Food Guide Pyramid -- Appendix C: Recommended Dietary Allowances Table -- Appendix D: Mineral and Vitamin Functions and Food Sources.

ISBN

0873227743

LCCN

94043674

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries