Child and Adolescent Obesity

Foreword xv

Abbreviations xviii

Acknowledgements xxi

Introduction: The Voices of Lived Experience 1
Laura Stewart

1 What Is Childhood Obesity and Why Does It Matter 16
Laura Stewart

2 Socio-Economic Inequalities and Childhood Obesity 36
Laura Stewart

3 Systems Thinking and Systems Approaches to Address Obesity 51
Jenny Gillespie

4 Raising the Topic of Child Weight 74
Laura Stewart

5 Changing Behaviours 89
Laura Stewart

6 Physical Activity, Screen Time and Sleep 105
Laura Stewart

7 Modifying Energy Intake 119
Laura Stewart

8 Measuring and Monitoring in Practice 134
Laura Stewart

9 Understanding Obesity in Early Life 150
Julie Lanigan

10 Family Meal Times 165
Judith Cruikshank and Laura Stewart

11 Childhood Weight Management in Practice 181
Laura Stewart

12 Adolescent Weight Management: The Factors for Clinicians to Be Aware 197
Clare Q Neilson

13 Weight Management Considerations in Children Living with Special Educational Needs and Disability 217
Kiranjit Atwal and Laura Stewart

14 Obesity, Safeguarding and Child Protection 234
Rhian Augustus, Shelley Easter, and Laura Stewart

Index 255

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• Especialidades de enfermagem
• Dieta e dietas
• Dietética e Nutrição

Overweight children; physical activity; dietitians; nutritionists; screen time; family mealtimes; evidence-based medicine; obesity intervention; obesity management; poverty and obesity; school aged children; consequences of obesity