Clear, up-to-date guidance for professionals working with children with obesity One in every six children, and more in some ethnic groups, are obese, which can lead to serious health problems in adulthood. Successful treatment of young patients is complex, requiring time-intensive, evidence-based care delivered by a multidisciplinary team. Help is at hand with this well written, compact book by leading experts, which gives health professionals a clear overview of the current scientific knowledge on childhood obesity, from causality models and diagnosis to prevention and treatment. In particular, the authors outline a family-based treatment method which is best supported by the evidence and meets the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and other organizations. The appendix provides the clinician with hands-on tools: a session plan, a pretreatment assessment form, self-monitoring forms, and a meal planning and physical activity worksheet. This book is essential reading for anyone who works with children and their families, equipping them to guide patients to appropriate and effective treatment.
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Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
Publication Date: 31 Aug 2018
Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing
Publication City/Country: Canada
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780889374065
About Denise E. WilfleyDorothy J. Van BurenJodi Cahill HollandJohn Best
Denise E. Wilfley PhD is the Scott Rudolph University Professor of Psychiatry Medicine Pediatrics and Psychological & Brain Sciences and Director of the Weight Management and Eating Disorders Program at Washington University School of Medicine. She has dedicated her career to researching the etiology prevention and treatment of obesity and eating disorders in children and adults and to the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices into clinical settings. John R. Best PhD is a research associate within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. With a background in developmental psychology he studies lifestyle behaviors that promote cognitive and brain health across the lifespan as well as the cognitive neural and environmental factors that contribute to healthy choice behavior. Jodi Cahill Holland PhD RD is a registered dietitian. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine conducting research in the field of childhood obesity she relocated to Texas where she is happily applying her knowledge to the raising of her two young children. Dorothy J. Van Buren PhD recently retired from the position of Associate Professor within the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine. For the past 27 years she has served as a clinical psychologist supervisor and researcher in the field of childhood obesity and disordered eating.
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