Description
Book SynopsisEarly Years Nutrition and Healthy Weight focuses on the early years of childhood as a key period in which eating and exercise habits are formed. Combining current evidence with practical advice, an international group of health specialists advise on the avoidance and management of childhood obesity.
Table of ContentsContributors, viii
Foreword, x
Acknowledgments, xii
1 Importance of good health and nutrition before and during pregnancy, 1
Catherine R. Hankey
2 Nutrition and health in the early years, 14
Judy More
3 Defining and measuring childhood obesity, 30
Charlotte M. Wright
4 Early life risk factors for childhood obesity, 40
John J. Reilly and Adrienne R. Hughes
5 Early physical activity and sedentary behaviours, 46
Anthony D. Okely and Xanne Janssen
6 Talking about weight with families, 59
Paul Chadwick and Helen Croker
7 Parenting strategies for healthy weight in childhood, 71
Clare Collins, Tracy Burrows and Kerith Duncanson
8 Pre-school prevention interventions, 81
Pinki Sahota
9 Contribution of food provision in primary schools to the prevention of childhood obesity, 91
Ethan A. Bergman
10 Early clinical interventions and outcomes, 100
Louise A. Baur
Index, 112
