The Complexity of Adolescent Obesity : Causes, Correlates, and Consequences.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (342 pages)
Front Cover -- About The Editor -- Contents -- Acknowledgment Andhow To Cite -- List Of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 The Prevalence Of Adolescent Obesity -- Chapter 1 Prevalence Of Overweight And Obesity In Adolescents: A Systematic Review -- Part 2 Causes And Correlations -- Chapter 2 Television Viewing And Food Choice Patterns In A Sample Of Predominantly Ethnic Minority Youth -- Chapter 3 Later Bedtime Is Associated With Greater Daily Energy Intake And Screen Time In Obese Adolescents Independent Of Sleep Duration -- Chapter 4 Infrequent Breakfast Consumption Is Associated With Higher Body Adiposity And Abdominal Obesity In Malaysian School- Aged Adolescents -- Chapter 5 Relationship Of Milk Intake And Physical Activity To Abdominal Obesity Among Adolescents -- Chapter 6 The Effect Of " Sleep High And Train Low" On Weight Loss In Overweight Chinese Adolescents: Study Protocol For A Randomized Controlled Trial -- Chapter 7 Waist- To- Height Ratio And Cardiometabolic Risk Factors In Adolescence: Findings From A Prospective Birth Cohort -- Chapter 8 Neurobehavioural Correlates In Older Children And Adolescents With Obesity And Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Part 3 Implications And Consequences -- Chapter 9 Weight Status And Weight-management Behaviors Among Philadelphia High School Students, 2007- 2011 -- Chapter 10 Fitness, Fatness, And Academic Performance In Seventh- Grade Elementary School Students -- Chapter 11 Physical Fitness, Overweight, And The Risk Of Eating Disorders In Adolescents: The Avena And Afinos Studies -- Chapter 12 Adolescent Obesity, Joint Pain, And Hypermobility -- Chapter 13 Obesity, And The Adolescent Brain -- Part 4 Considerations For Future Action. Chapter 14 Changes In Adolescents' Intake Of Sugar- Sweetened Beverages And Sedentary Behavior: Results At 8 Month Mid- Way Assessment Of The Heia Study- A Comprehensive, Multi- Component School-based Randomized Trial -- Chapter 15 Averting Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes In India Through Sugar- Sweetened Beverage Taxation: An Economic-epidemiologic Modeling Study -- Chapter 16 Big Food, Food Systems, And Global Health -- Author Notes -- Back Cover.
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.The research contained in this valuable compendium offers a much-needed perspective on one of the most dangerous health crises our world faces today: obesity. Obesity has become an epidemic, a fact frequently discussed in the media, with many references to both childhood and adult obesity. These discussions, however, overlook an important demographic: the adolescent who is obese or overweight. The authors offer critical insights into the forces and factors that result in the numerous metabolic and psychological consequences of adolescent obesity.