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

Debasis Bagchi ha conseguito il dottorato di ricerca. in Chimica Medicinale nel 1982. È Professore nel Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Farmaceutiche dell'Università di Houston, College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX. Il Dr. Bagchi è anche il Chief Scientific Officer di Cepham Inc., Piscataway, NJ. Il Dr. Bagchi ha ricevuto il Master of American College of Nutrition Award all'inizio di ottobre 2010. Attualmente è Presidente dell'International Society of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (ISNFF), Immediate Past President dell'American College of Nutrition, Clearwater, FL e Past Chair della divisione Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods dell'Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Chicago, IL. Sta prestando servizio come Distinguished Advisor presso il Japanese Institute for Health Food Standards, Tokyo, Giappone. Il Dr. Bagchi è membro della sezione di studio e del comitato di revisione tra pari del National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Il Dr. Bagchi ha 303 articoli su riviste peer reviewed, 25 libri e numerosi brevetti. Il Dr. Bagchi è Membro della Society of Toxicology, Membro della New York Academy of Sciences, Fellow della Nutrition Research Academy e Membro del Comitato degli stakeholder TCE della Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH. Il Dr. Bagchi è Associate Editors del Journal of Functional Foods e del Journal of the American College of Nutrition, e serve anche come membro del comitato editoriale di numerose riviste sottoposte a revisione paritaria, tra cui Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Cancer Letters, Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, The Original Internist e altri.

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