Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity: Current Status, Consequences and Prevention pdf

Debasis Bagchi a obtenu son doctorat. en chimie médicinale en 1982. Il est professeur au Département des sciences pharmacologiques et pharmaceutiques de l'Université de Houston, College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX. Le Dr Bagchi est également directeur scientifique de Cepham Inc., Piscataway, NJ. Le Dr Bagchi a reçu le prix Master of American College of Nutrition au début d'octobre 2010. Il est actuellement président de la Société internationale des nutraceutiques et des aliments fonctionnels (ISNFF), président sortant de l'American College of Nutrition, Clearwater, FL et ancien président de la division des nutraceutiques et des aliments fonctionnels de l'Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Chicago, IL. Il est conseiller émérite auprès de l'Institut japonais des normes alimentaires de santé, Tokyo, Japon. Le Dr Bagchi est membre de la section d'étude et du comité d'examen par les pairs des National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Le Dr Bagchi a 303 articles dans des revues à comité de lecture, 25 livres et de nombreux brevets. Le Dr Bagchi est membre de la Society of Toxicology, membre de l'Académie des sciences de New York, membre de la Nutrition Research Academy et membre du comité des parties prenantes du TCE de la base aérienne Wright Patterson, OH. Le Dr Bagchi est rédacteur en chef adjoint du Journal of Functional Foods et du Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Il est également membre du comité de rédaction de nombreuses revues à comité de lecture, notamment Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Cancer Letters, Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, L'interniste d'origine, et d'autres.

Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity: Current Status, Consequences and Prevention pdf par Debasis Bagchi

Understanding the complex factors contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic is vital not only for the improved health of the world's future generations, but for the healthcare system. The impact of childhood obesity reaches beyond the individual family and into the public arenas of social systems and government policy and programs. Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity explores these with an approach that considers the current state of childhood obesity around the world as well as future projections, the most highly cited factors contributing to childhood obesity, what it means for the future both for children and society, and suggestions for steps to address and potentially prevent childhood obesity. Features: 1. This book will cover the multi-faceted factors contributing to the rapidly growing childhood obesity epidemic.2. The underlying causes and current status of rapidly growing obesity epidemic in children in the global scenario will be discussed.3. The strategies for childhood obesity prevention and treatment such as physical activity and exercise, personalized nutrition plans and school and community involvement will be presented. Benefits: 1. A comprehensive and concise book addressing the global epidemic of childhood obesity targeted for nutritionists, dieticians, medical and health professionals, educators and scientists.2. The strategies for childhood obesity prevention and treatment such as physical activity and exercise, personalized nutrition plans and school and community involvement will be presented. 3. The impact and its consequences of this ongoing epidemic on individual family and community as a whole will be addressed.