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IJE Advance Access originally published online on August 31, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(5):1369-1370; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl198
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2006; all rights reserved.

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Childhood obesity—contemporary issues. N Cameron, N G Norgan and G T H Ellison (eds). Boca Raton: Society for the Study of Human Biology Series, CRC Taylor Francis, 2006, pp. 272, £49.99/$89.95. ISBN 0-8493-2857-8.

ANITA GROOS

E-mail: anita_groos@health.qld.gov.au

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Childhood obesity—contemporary issues is based on a symposium on childhood obesity, which focused on the problem in the UK, and was auspiced by the Society for the Study of Human Biology in December 2003. The resultant text provides a comprehensive overview of epidemiological and research evidence to date, plus individual developmental project experiences, with extensive references.

Laurel Edmunds notes that health professionals have been found to feel a lack of competence with respect to childhood obesity (p. 76), and the growing epidemic in many areas of the world is clearly the basis for increasing concern and interest. On a global level the rapid increase in obesity found in lower-income and middle-income developing countries, with a rate of change . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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