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Fed Up!
Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity
Susie Okie, M.D.
10 CPEU or CE hours
Course: $88
Includes book & CE exam
CE exam only: $68
"Download on demand" available
Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity
Susie Okie, M.D.
10 CPEU or CE hours
Course: $88
Includes book & CE exam
CE exam only: $68
"Download on demand" available
Description
A new global epidemic is unfolding. In only 30 years, rates of obesity around the world have skyrocketed. We read about it in the headlines and witness it in our neighborhoods. Overweight children are numerous and conspicuous. Most scientists propelled by a lethal combination of modern living and human genetic vulnerability, and nowhere is this crisis more severe than the United States.
Children are proving to be the most vulnerable class of victims. Once dismissed by the medical professional as a purely cosmetic problem, obesity represents an ominous health threat for our children. Obesity is now second only to smoking as a preventable cause of death. Without early intervention, overweight children often become overweight adults-and we know that at any age obesity can lead to diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, depression, and other life-threatening conditions. Diabetes and heart disease alone cause more than 780,000 deaths each year. In fact, today's kids may be the first generation in U.S. history to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.
Knowledge is power-and it's time to fight back. About 20% of all children are considered to be overweight-worldwide there are 22 million kids under five years old who are considered to be "fat." Eating too much unhealthy food coupled with getting too little physical activity accounts for a lot of what's making our children heavier. But that's not the whole story. New research points to key factors involved in this dramatic increase in obesity rates.
Science you can trust-advice you can use. It's time for all parents, teachers, public health officials, physicians, and community leaders to join forces and arm themselves with the best, most up-to-date information available to win the war against childhood obesity. Fed Up! is just what the doctor ordered.
Based in part on the prestigious Institute of Medicine's ground-breaking report on childhood obesity, this new book from family practice physician and former Washington Post journalist Susan Okie provides in-depth background on the issue. An artful combination of compelling case studies and clearly articulated science powerfully illustrates how serious and widespread the problem is.
Only by understanding the factors that contribute to childhood obesity can we fully appreciate the consequences of this epidemic-and take necessary steps toward positive change. Okie's honest, authoritative, science-based advice constitutes our best weapon in this critical battle for the health and well-being of our children.
Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 0309101980
ISBN-13: 9780309101981
Format: Paperback, 336pp
Publisher: National Academies Press
Pub date: 2006
Content
Foreword
Author's Note
1. The Fattest Generation
2. Obese Twins and Thrifty Genes
3. Size, Health, and Self-Esteem
4. Teaching Children How to Eat for Life
5. Off the Couch and Away from the Screen
6. Programming Babies for Health-Before and After Birth
7. Eating Lessons at School
8. Finding Help for an Overweight Child
9. Action for Healthy Communities
Resources
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Book author
Susan Okie, M.D. is a family physician and an award-winning medical journalist. While a student at Harvard Medical School in the 1970s, she began writing about medicine and health for the Washington Post. She has spent most of her career at that newspaper, covering local and national medical news, reporting fro three years from Africa, and serving as the national science editor. She recently became a Washington-based contributing editor with the New England Journal of Medicine, writing about medical and health issues. Okie lives with her husband and two sons in Bethesda, Maryland.
Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
3020 Assessment of target groups, populations
4010 Community intervention, monitoring and evaluation
4100 Social marketing
4150 Infancy & Childhood
4160 Adolescence
5070 Pediatrics
5370 Weight management, obesity
6000 Education, training and counseling
6010 Behavior change theories, techniques
6020 Counseling, therapy and facilitation skills
6040 Education theories and techniques for children and adolescents
A new global epidemic is unfolding. In only 30 years, rates of obesity around the world have skyrocketed. We read about it in the headlines and witness it in our neighborhoods. Overweight children are numerous and conspicuous. Most scientists propelled by a lethal combination of modern living and human genetic vulnerability, and nowhere is this crisis more severe than the United States.
Children are proving to be the most vulnerable class of victims. Once dismissed by the medical professional as a purely cosmetic problem, obesity represents an ominous health threat for our children. Obesity is now second only to smoking as a preventable cause of death. Without early intervention, overweight children often become overweight adults-and we know that at any age obesity can lead to diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, depression, and other life-threatening conditions. Diabetes and heart disease alone cause more than 780,000 deaths each year. In fact, today's kids may be the first generation in U.S. history to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.
Knowledge is power-and it's time to fight back. About 20% of all children are considered to be overweight-worldwide there are 22 million kids under five years old who are considered to be "fat." Eating too much unhealthy food coupled with getting too little physical activity accounts for a lot of what's making our children heavier. But that's not the whole story. New research points to key factors involved in this dramatic increase in obesity rates.
Science you can trust-advice you can use. It's time for all parents, teachers, public health officials, physicians, and community leaders to join forces and arm themselves with the best, most up-to-date information available to win the war against childhood obesity. Fed Up! is just what the doctor ordered.
Based in part on the prestigious Institute of Medicine's ground-breaking report on childhood obesity, this new book from family practice physician and former Washington Post journalist Susan Okie provides in-depth background on the issue. An artful combination of compelling case studies and clearly articulated science powerfully illustrates how serious and widespread the problem is.
Only by understanding the factors that contribute to childhood obesity can we fully appreciate the consequences of this epidemic-and take necessary steps toward positive change. Okie's honest, authoritative, science-based advice constitutes our best weapon in this critical battle for the health and well-being of our children.
Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 0309101980
ISBN-13: 9780309101981
Format: Paperback, 336pp
Publisher: National Academies Press
Pub date: 2006
Content
Foreword
Author's Note
1. The Fattest Generation
2. Obese Twins and Thrifty Genes
3. Size, Health, and Self-Esteem
4. Teaching Children How to Eat for Life
5. Off the Couch and Away from the Screen
6. Programming Babies for Health-Before and After Birth
7. Eating Lessons at School
8. Finding Help for an Overweight Child
9. Action for Healthy Communities
Resources
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Book author
Susan Okie, M.D. is a family physician and an award-winning medical journalist. While a student at Harvard Medical School in the 1970s, she began writing about medicine and health for the Washington Post. She has spent most of her career at that newspaper, covering local and national medical news, reporting fro three years from Africa, and serving as the national science editor. She recently became a Washington-based contributing editor with the New England Journal of Medicine, writing about medical and health issues. Okie lives with her husband and two sons in Bethesda, Maryland.
Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
3020 Assessment of target groups, populations
4010 Community intervention, monitoring and evaluation
4100 Social marketing
4150 Infancy & Childhood
4160 Adolescence
5070 Pediatrics
5370 Weight management, obesity
6000 Education, training and counseling
6010 Behavior change theories, techniques
6020 Counseling, therapy and facilitation skills
6040 Education theories and techniques for children and adolescents
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