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BL
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| Record Number
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598750
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b427969
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| Main Entry
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Hassink, Sandra Gibson
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| Title & Author
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A clinical guide to pediatric weight management and obesity /\ Sandra Gibson Hassink
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,, c2007
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xi, 205 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0781764807 (alk. paper)
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: 9780781764803 (alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: medical management of obesity -- Epidemiology of childhood obesity -- Pathophysiology of obesity -- Obesity in the context of child and adolescent development -- Evaluation of the obese child -- Respiratory complications -- Cardiovascular complications -- Insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes -- Orthopedic complications -- Gastrointestinal complications -- Renal complications -- Neurologic complications -- Mental health issues -- Specific genetic causes of obesity -- Acute obesity-related emergencies -- Practice management strategies for obesity
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| Subject
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Obesity in children-- Prevention
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Overweight children-- Nutrition
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Obesity-- prevention control
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Adolescent
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Child
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| Dewey Classification
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618.92/398
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| LC Classification
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RJ399.C6H37 2007
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| NLM classification
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WD 210H355g 2007
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| Parallel Title
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Pediatric weight management and obesity
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