Early childhood obesity prevention policies / Leann L. Birch, Lynn Parker, and Annina Burns, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

• Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
• TeilnehmendeR: Birch, Leann L.; Burns, Annina Catherine.; Parker, Lynn.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Obesity Prevention Policies for Young Children.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xii, 190 p. :; ill. (some col.)
• Notes: "Early childhood obesity prevention policies."; "Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies, Committee on Obesity Prevention Policies for Young Children."

Reviews factors related to overweight and obese children from birth to age 5, with a focus on nutrition, physical activity, and sedentary behavior, and recommends policies that can alter children's environments so that they promote the maintenance of healthy weight. Because the first years of life are important to health and well-being throughout the life span, preventing obesity in infants and young children can contribute to reversing the epidemic of obesity in children and adults. The report recommends that health care providers make parents aware of their child's excess weight early on. It also suggests that parents and child care providers keep children active throughout the day, provide them with healthy diets, limit screen time, and ensure children get adequate sleep.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Assessing risk for obesity in young children -- Physical activity -- Healthy eating -- Marketing and screen time -- Sleep -- Methods -- Emerging issues in early childhood obesity prevention.