TITLE

Baby fat

AUTHOR(S)

Darling, Tammy

PUB. DATE

July 1995

SOURCE

American Fitness;Jul/Aug95, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p63

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Discusses the importance of preventive parenting for lowering the risk for early-onset obesity. Discrimination against obese children; Parents' role in the development of obesity in children; Diseases associated with obesity; Factors that increase susceptibility to obesity; Need for encouraging preschool children to slow their rate of weight gain; Recommendations for parents to prevent obesity in children.

ACCESSION #

9507264703

Tags: OBESITY in children -- Prevention;  CHILDREN -- Diseases -- Prevention

 

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