@misc{cogprints5931,
volume = {6},
number = {4},
month = {January},
author = {Tanya D Whitehead},
editor = {Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya},
title = {Combating The Obesogenic Environment: Helping Children Hold Onto Health},
publisher = {Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya},
year = {2008},
journal = {Online Journal Of Health And Allied Sciences},
keywords = {Childhood obesity, Obesogenic environment, Control},
url = {http://cogprints.org/5931/},
abstract = {Given the unprecedented global incidence of overweight in children, the issues that potentially create and sustain a circumstance of epidemic childhood overweight, and the efforts that are underway to prevent and remediate childhood overweight need to be examined. The article explores potentially interrelated causes of obesity/overweight in children and their families, and describe efforts underway to remediate environmental correlates through direct intervention, legislation and a shift in public policy.}
}