Throughout the developed world there is an increasing prevalence of childhood obesity. This book provides sport, exercise and medicine students and professional

Understanding the complex factors contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic is vital not only for the improved health of the world's future generat

Understanding the relationship between energy balance and obesity is essential to develop effective prevention programs and policies. The International Agency f

The prevalence of childhood obesity is so high in the United States that it may reduce the life expectancy of today's generation of children. While parents and

Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century. In general, life expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of