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020			_a0309210240
020			_a9780309210249
040			_aSDU
050	0	0	_aRJ399 _bI59 E 2011
110	2		_aInstitute of Medicine (U.S.).
245	1	0	_aEarly childhood obesity prevention policies / _cCommittee on Obesity Prevention Policies for Young Children ; Leann L. Birch, Lynn Parker, and Annina Burns, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bNational Academies Press, _cc2011.
300			_axii, 190 p. : _bill. (some col.), charts (chiefly col.) ;
500			_a"Early childhood obesity prevention policies."
505	0	0	_tIntroduction -- _tAssessing risk for obesity in young children -- _tPhysical activity -- _tHealthy eating -- _tMarketing and screen time -- _tSleep -- _tMethods -- _tEmerging issues in early childhood obesity prevention.
505	0	0	_tHKBU library
518			_aYT2025 M09
520			_aReviews 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.
650		0	_aObesity in children _zUnited States _xPrevention. _9202559
700	1		_aBirch, Leann L. _9202560
700	1		_aBurns, Annina Catherine. _9202561
700	1		_aParker, Lynn. _9195145
710	2		_aInstitute of Medicine (U.S.)
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