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Childhood Obesity Epidemic: How To Decrease The Obesity Epidemic: Obesity A Childhood Epidemic
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Childhood Obesity
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This book aims to provide readers with a general as well as an advanced overview of the key trends in childhood obesity. Obesity is an illness that occurs due to a combination of genetic, environmental, psychosocial, metabolic and hormonal factors. The prevalence of obesity has shown a great rise both in adults and children in the last 30 years. It is known that one third of children who are obese in childhood and 80% of adolescents who are obese in their adolescent years continue to be obese later in life. Obesity is an important risk factor in serious illnesses such as heart disease, hyperlipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, hypertension and early atherosclerosis.
| Author: Sevil Ari Yuca |
| Publisher: Intechopen |
| Publication Date: 40996 |
| Number of Pages: 252 pages |
| Binding: Medical |
| ISBN-10: 9535103741 |
| ISBN-13: 9789535103745 |
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