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• Title:Child obesity : a parent's guide to a fit, trim, and happy child / Goutham Rao.
  
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• Author/Creator:Rao, Goutham.
  
• Published/Created:Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2006.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WD212 .R36 2006
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Obesity in children--United States--Popular works.
  Obesity in children--United States--Prevention--Popular works.
  
• Medical Subjects: Obesity.
  Obesity--therapy.
  Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
  Child.
  Infant.
  
• Genre/Form:Popular works.
  
• Description:247 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1591023777 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  9781591023777 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Preface
  Introduction
  How bad is the problem?
  "Liquid candy": kids raised on soft drinks
  Fast-food epidemic
  Mesmerized by the screen: television and other media
  Bodies not in motion: physical activity and its role in weight control
  The family meal in the twenty-first century
  The truth about diets, programs, and other products
  The science of changing behavior and its role in weight control
  A rational approach to achieving or maintaining a healthy weight
  Advocacy for a healthier "built environment"
  A glimpse of the future
  Stories of three children
  Afterword
  Notes
  Web resources
  Indes.