Handbook of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jelalian, Elissa (Editor), Steele, Ric G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Series: Issues in Clinical Child Psychology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pediatrics.; Psychiatry.; Clinical psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Clinical Psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

Within the past two generations alone, child and adolescent obesity has more than doubled for some age groups and tripled for others. Consequently, the extraordinary number of school-age children now being diagnosed with what were once considered adult-onset disorders – hypertension, type 2 diabetes...