Generation Extra Large: Rescuing Our Children from the Epidemic of Obesity - Rilegato

Tartamella, Lisa; Herscher, Elaine; Woolston, Chris

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ISBN 10: 0465083900 ISBN 13: 9780465083909

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2005

Riassunto

This startling report from the front-lines of an epidemic reveals the startling truth about the skyrocketing rates of life-threatening childhood obesity - and what we can do to fight it The UK now has one of the fastest growing obesity rates in the world and the proportion of those categorized as such has tripled over the last 20 years. What's worse, it's not only affecting adults. Across the world the rates of life-threatening childhood obesity are soaring and today's kids are on track to become the first generation in history to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. This book by leading nutritionist Lisa Tartamella, together with award-winning journalists Elaine Hersher and Chris Woolston, is the first to explore the causes of this growing problem and to describe ways to solve it. Generation Extra Large reveals the cultural and economic reasons behind childhood obesity. It's not only television, video games and junk food: parents work long hours that disrupt family eating and exercise and schools compound the problem by lining the halls with drinks machines, serving fast food and cutting back physical education and play time. Poverty also plays a key role. But there is hope. The authors give voice to the crusaders who are set on helping overweight children, and provide checklists, interactive tests, and nutritional guides for concerned readers.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Lisa Tartamella is a nutritionist at Yale-New Haven Hospital's Centers of Nutrition, where she provides nutrition and wellness counseling to both adult and pediatric patients. In 1997, she was named Young Dietitian of the Year. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut. Elaine Herscher is a senior editor at Consumer Health Interactive, an online health and medical news organization in San Francisco. Her work on the San Francisco Chronicle AIDS reporting team resulted in a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 1989. She lives in San Francisco, California. Chris Woolston is a contributing editor at Consumer Health Interactive, where he writes about nutrition, children's health, and obesity. He lives in Billings, Montana.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0465083900
• ISBN 13: 9780465083909
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile