TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birch,Leann L.
AU  - Burns,Annina Catherine
AU  - Parker,Lynn
ED  - Institute of Medicine (U.S.).
ED  - Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
TI  - Early childhood obesity prevention policies
SN  - 0309210240
AV  - RJ399 I59 E 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academies Press
KW  - Obesity in children
KW  - United States
KW  - Prevention
N1  - "Early childhood obesity prevention policies."; Introduction --; Assessing risk for obesity in young children --; Physical activity --; Healthy eating --; Marketing and screen time --; Sleep --; Methods --; Emerging issues in early childhood obesity prevention; HKBU library; YT2025 M09
N2  - Reviews factors related to overweight and obese children from birth to age 5, with a focus on nutrition, physical activity, and sedentary behavior, and recommends policies that can alter children's environments so that they promote the maintenance of healthy weight. Because the first years of life are important to health and well-being throughout the life span, preventing obesity in infants and young children can contribute to reversing the epidemic of obesity in children and adults. The report recommends that health care providers make parents aware of their child's excess weight early on. It also suggests that parents and child care providers keep children active throughout the day, provide them with healthy diets, limit screen time, and ensure children get adequate sleep
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