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Childhood obesity overview
Title: Childhood obesity overview
Category: History / North American History
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Childhood obesity overview
Obesity is defined as an unnecessary buildup of body fat. "Obesity is present when total body weight is more than 25 percent fat in boys and more than 32 percent fat in girls" (Lohman, 1987). Although childhood obesity is often defined as a weight-for-height in excess of 120 percent of the ideal, skin fold measures are more accurate determinants of corpulence (Dietz, 676-686; Lohman, 1987). Skin fold thickness is a technique used to evaluate body composition by measuring a double thickness …showed first 75 words of 1796 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1796 total…Epstein, Leonard, H., Wing, Rena, R., Koeske, Randi, and Valoski, Alice."Long-term effects of family-based treatment of childhood obesity." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 55.1 (1987): 91-95.
Lohman, Timothy, G. "The use of skinfolds to estimate body fatness on
children and youth." Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance. 58.9 (1987): 98-102.
Torgan, Carol, Ph.D. (2002). "Childhood Obesity on the Rise." The National Institute of Health.. <http://www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/ jun2002/childhoodobesity.html>.
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