Contemporary Endocrinology
Childhood obesity in the modern age: Global trends, determinants, complications, and costs
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Freemark, M
January 1, 2018
This chapter highlights major global trends in the prevalence of childhood obesity and reviews the biological, social, economic, and cultural determinants of excess weight gain. It then summarizes the pathogenesis of acute and long-term complications of pediatric obesity, underscoring their human and social costs.
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Freemark, M. (2018). Childhood obesity in the modern age: Global trends, determinants, complications, and costs. In Contemporary Endocrinology (pp. 3–24). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68192-4_1
Freemark, M. “Childhood obesity in the modern age: Global trends, determinants, complications, and costs.” In Contemporary Endocrinology, 3–24, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68192-4_1.
Freemark M. Childhood obesity in the modern age: Global trends, determinants, complications, and costs. In: Contemporary Endocrinology. 2018. p. 3–24.
Freemark, M. “Childhood obesity in the modern age: Global trends, determinants, complications, and costs.” Contemporary Endocrinology, 2018, pp. 3–24. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68192-4_1.
Freemark M. Childhood obesity in the modern age: Global trends, determinants, complications, and costs. Contemporary Endocrinology. 2018. p. 3–24.