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Direct linkSarwer, David B.; Dilks, Rebecca J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
The prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity has tripled in the past three decades. This increase has been accompanied by a dramatic rise in obesity-related health complications among American youth. Thus, many obese youth are now experiencing illnesses that will threaten their life expectancy in the absence of significant weight loss.…
Descriptors: Obesity, Mental Health Workers, Mental Health, Surgery
Peer reviewedChomitz, Virginia Rall; And Others – Future of Children, 1995
Discusses the relationship between lifestyle choices and low birth weights and the opportunity that pregnancy offers women for adopting more healthful lifestyle behaviors. It reviews the literature that focuses on the roles of drug use, nutrition, stress, physical activity, employment, social support, violence, and sexually transmitted diseases in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Birth Weight, Body Weight
