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 l...

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.