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Obesity Prevention During Childhood

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Introduction

Childhood obesity is a worldwide pandemic. Obesity has the propensity to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer; decrease quality of life; and limit musculoskeletal function (Lu et al., 2010). The prevention of childhood obesity has the potential to also prevent the comorbidities associated and to prevent progression to adult obesity and the comorbidities associated as well.

The prevalence of obesity among US adults (34 %) is twice that observed in children and translates into nearly 73 million adult men and women (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2011). US adults weigh 24 lb more than they did in 1960 on average and are at increased risk for health conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers (CDC, 2011). The prevalence has remained mostly flat in the past decade, yet the costs associated with obesity have increased substantially during the same period (CDC). One study estimated that...

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  1. Quinnipiac University School of Nursing, 275 Mount Carmel Ave, 06518, Hamden, CT, USA

    Karen M. Myrick

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  1. Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, New London, CT, USA

    Thomas P. Gullotta

  2. University of Connecticut, West Hartford, USA

    Martin Bloom

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Myrick, K.M. (2014). Obesity Prevention During Childhood. In: Gullotta, T.P., Bloom, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5999-6_318

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