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Prevention of childhood obesity in India: Way forward

Childhood obesity is a burden in developed and developing countries. Overweight and obesity are caused by numerous social and environmental factors that influence people's food habit and physical activity. Role of primary or secondary prevention is the mainstay plan for controlling this epidemi...

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Autores principales: Kar, Sitanshu Sekhar, Kar, Subhranshu Sekhar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25810628
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.149071
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description Childhood obesity is a burden in developed and developing countries. Overweight and obesity are caused by numerous social and environmental factors that influence people's food habit and physical activity. Role of primary or secondary prevention is the mainstay plan for controlling this epidemic. Various adaptable best practice models are available in the developed nations. However, further research needs to be done to examine the most effective strategies of intervention, prevention, and treatment of obesity in our setting. Through this paper, we would like to highlight best practices and potential interventions to reduce the burden of obesity in India.
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spelling pubmed-43670212015-03-25 Prevention of childhood obesity in India: Way forward Kar, Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Subhranshu Sekhar J Nat Sci Biol Med Review Article: Child Health Mini-Series Childhood obesity is a burden in developed and developing countries. Overweight and obesity are caused by numerous social and environmental factors that influence people's food habit and physical activity. Role of primary or secondary prevention is the mainstay plan for controlling this epidemic. Various adaptable best practice models are available in the developed nations. However, further research needs to be done to examine the most effective strategies of intervention, prevention, and treatment of obesity in our setting. Through this paper, we would like to highlight best practices and potential interventions to reduce the burden of obesity in India. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4367021/ /pubmed/25810628 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.149071 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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