The STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABEŞ-BOLYAI issue article summary

The summary of the selected article appears at the bottom of the page. In order to get back to the contents of the issue this article belongs to you have to access the link from the title. In order to see all the articles of the archive which have as author/co-author one of the authors mentioned below, you have to access the link from the author's name.

 
       
         
    STUDIA EDUCATIO ARTIS GYMNASTICAE - Issue no. 3 / 2008  
         
  Article:   CHILD OBESITY.

Authors:  UGRON ÁGNES.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  

CHILD OBESITY. Obesity is an endemic health problem in most developed countries, requiring serious public health attention. The dramatically increasing prevalence of obesity, especially among children, has become a major public health problem in Europe. In reaction to this alarming trend, a series of initiatives and actions has been launched in recent years. Diet and physical activity approaches may improve obese status in the short term. However, obesity interventions appear more effective when strategies are combined, rather than when used in isolation. Psychological interventions, such as behavioural and cognitive behavioural therapy, show promise in achieving the necessary lifestyle changes for obesity reduction.

Keywords: obesity, overweight, treatment, physical activity.

 
         
     
         
         
      Back to previous page