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Preventing childhood obesity
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Jeffrey P. Koplan,Catharyn T. Liverman,Vivica I. Kraak,Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth. |
"Preventing Childhood Obesity provides a broad-based examination of the nature, extent, and consequences of obesity in U.S. children and youth, including the social environmental medical and dietary … |
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Communicating about health
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Athena DuPré |
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ACSM's worksite health handbook
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American College of Sports Medicine |
2nd ed. |
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Community health education
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Rameshwari Pandya |
With reference to India. |
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Community-based health interventions
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Sally Guttmacher |
"Community Based Health Interventions: Principles and Application is a completely modern approach to worst problems in community health: diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, HIV, asthma, and obe… |
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Ebersole & Hess' toward healthy aging
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Theris A. Touhy,Kathleen Freudenberger Jett |
Grounded in the core competencies recommended by the AACN in collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, The 8th edition of this textbook is a comprehensive resource on health pr… |
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Alcohol, tobacco and obesity
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Kirsten Bell,Darlene McNaughton,Amy Salmon |
xii, 233 p. : 24 cm |
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eHealth applications
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Seth M. Noar |
"This volume explores current use of interactive communication (or eHealth) applications to promote behavior change. It focuses on the use of these technology-based interventions for public health pr… |
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Ecological public health
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Geof Rayner |
"What is public health? To some, it is about the infrastructure for health - drains, water, food, housing. These require engineering and expert management. To others, it's about the State using medic… |
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The weight of the nation
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Judith A. Salerno |
"Readers know America is getting fatter but might not know that 75% of us may be overweight or obese by 2018, that children are at risk for obesity and diabetes as never before, or that obesity is th… |
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Legal strategies in childhood obesity prevention
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Lynn Parker |
Since 1980, childhood obesity rates have more than tripled in the United States. Recent data show that almost one-third of children over 2 years of age are already overweight or obese. While the prev… |
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Vaccinations and public concern in history
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Andrea Kitta |
"In spite of the success of the childhood inoculation movement, questions have persisted about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. Arguments such as the relationship between the MMR vaccine and auti… |
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Obesogenic environments
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Tim G. Townshend,Seraphim Alvanides,Amelia Lake |
"The obesogenic environment describes the sum of influences that our surroundings, opportunities or conditions of life have on promoting obesity in individuals or populations. In a world where obesit… |
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Community/public health nursing
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Mary A. Nies,Melanie McEwen |
This edition contains a new chapter on disaster management and preparedness that examines this new area of concern. It contains case studies that emphasise community aspects of all steps of the nursi… |
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The checklist : what you and your family need to know to prevent disease and live a long and health…
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Manny Alvarez |
The Checklist is organized as a guide to help individuals and families take the right precautions, at the right time in their lives, to avoid the most common health pitfalls and illnesses, and put th… |
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An integrated framework for assessing the value of community-based prevention
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Valuing Community-Based, Non-Clinical Prevention Policies and Wellness Strategies |
"During the past century the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States have shifted from those related to communicable diseases to those due to chronic diseases. Just as the major … |
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Health-promoting and health-compromising behaviors among minority adolescents
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James R. Rodrigue |
Minority adolescents are at increased risk for numerous health problems but are less likely to have a regular source of medical care than either adults or children. During this critical developmental… |
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Promoting physical activity
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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity |
"Whether you've just become interested in promoting physical activity or are an experienced professional looking for ways to improve existing programs, this guide has something for you: creative, fre… |
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Promoting the health of adolescents
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Elena O. Nightingale,Anne C. Petersen |
"Chronic diseases and premature death can often be linked to social, environmental, and behavioral factors that are subject to modification, especially during adolescence when many habits - good and … |
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Healthy lives, healthy people
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Great Britain. Department of Health |
The Government recognises that many lifestyle-driven health problems are at alarming levels: obesity; high rates of sexually transmitted infections; a relatively large population of drug users; risin… |
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