Handbook of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity Treatment

by O'Donohue, William T.; Moore, Brie A.; Scott, Barbara J.

• ISBN13: 9780415990660
• ISBN10: 0415990661
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Handbook of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity Treatment brings together behavioral, medical, and public health approaches and provides the knowledge necessary for a wide range of practitioners to effectively address the current epidemic of childhood obesity.

Table of Contents

The Editors	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Overview	p. 1
Etiology, Diagnosis, and Sociocultural Considerations
Psychobiological Approach to the Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity	p. 13
Disordered Eating: Differential Diagnoses and Comorbidity	p. 31
Culturally Sensitive Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity	p. 49
Antifat Attitudes: A Barrier to Best Practice	p. 73
Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding: Relevant Process Variables
The Role of Contingency Management and Parent Training in the Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity	p. 89
Social Skills Training and the Treatment of Pediatric Overweight	p. 105
Parent Feeding Practices and Child Overweight	p. 117
Ten Messages for Weight Control from Teleological Behaviorism	p. 131
Hedonic Approach to Pediatric and Adolescent Weight Management	p. 143
Treatment Approaches: A Stepped Care Perspective
Intensive Approaches to the Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity	p. 155
Inpatient Treatment of Severely Obese Children	p. 179
Behavioral Approaches to Childhood Overweight Treatment	p. 195
Examining Family-Based Treatments for Pediatric Overweight: A Review of the Literature and Conceptual Analysis	p. 205
Behavioral Treatment of the Overweight Child and Families in Medical Settings	p. 221
School-Based Prevention of Child and Adolescent Obesity	p. 235
Public Health Approaches to the Control of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity	p. 251
Nutritional Approaches
Nutrition Education Basics: Navigating the Food Environment	p. 275
The Satter Feeding Dynamics Model of Child Overweight Definition, Prevention, and Intervention	p. 291
Protecting Growth and Maintaining Optimal Nutrition	p. 319
Index	p. 333
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