Obesity in youth :  causes, consequences, and cures / 
edited by Leslie J. Heinberg and J. Kevin Thompson. 
 - Washington, DC :  American Psychological Association,  2009. 
 - xii, 243 p.:  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Biological and genetic influences / Nathan Markward, Martha Markward, Catherine Peterson -- Early physical activity, sedentary behavior, and dietary patterns / James F. Sallis, Dori Rosenberg, Jacqueline Kerr -- Social and interpersonal influences : family, peers, society / Alison E. Field, Nicole R. Kitos -- Psychosocial consequences of obesity and weight bias : implications for interventions / Jess Haines, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer -- Body image in pediatric obesity / Sylvia Herbozo, J. Kevin Thompson -- Psychological comorbidy and childhood overweight  / Ringham, R., Levine, M.L. & Marcus -- Assessment of overweight children and adolescents / Lindsay Varkula, Leslie J. Heinberg -- Intervention : strategies designed to affect activity level, intake patterns, and behavior / Myles S. Faith, Brian H. Wrotniak -- Prevention : changing children's diet and physical activity patterns via schools, families, and the environment / Russell Jago ... [et al.] -- Future directions in pediatric obesity / Leslie J. Heinberg, J. Kevin Thompson. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781433804274  RM166.24 1433804271 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008-030291 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Obesity in adolescence--United States.<br/>Obesity--prevention & control--United States.<br/>Obesity--psychology--United States.<br/>Adolescent--United States.<br/>Child--United States.