Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Public Health - Social and Behavioral Health

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Jay Maddock
Jay Maddock

University of Hawaii System,
United States of America

Published16 May 2012

Doi10.5772/2242

ISBN978-953-51-0620-3

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-4295-9

Copyright year2012

Number of pages584

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Table of Contents

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1. The IDEFICS Intervention Toolbox - A Guide to Successful Obesity Prevention at Community Level

By Vera Verbestel, Stefaan De Henauw, Staffan Marild, Stefan Storcksdieck genannt Bonsmann, Laura Fernández Celemín, Katharina Gallois, Holger Hassel and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij

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2. Testing the Assumptions of Stage of Change for Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: A Naturalistic Study

By Jay E. Maddock, Jodi D. Barnett, Carrie S. Marshall and Claudio R. Nigg

2,116
3,772
4. Gender Differences in Food Choice and Dietary Intake in Modern Western Societies

By Claudia Arganini, Anna Saba, Raffaella Comitato, Fabio Virgili and Aida Turrini

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5. Iron Food Fortification for the Control of Childhood Anemia in Brazil

By Joel Alves Lamounier, Flávio Diniz Capanema and Daniela Silva Rocha

2,665
6. Economic Stressors and Childhood Obesity: Differences by Child Age and Gender

By Steven Garasky, Craig Gundersen, Susan D. Stewart, Joey C. Eisenmann and Brenda J. Lohman

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7. Critical Appraisal of Selected Body Composition Data Acquisition Techniques in Public Health

By Steven Provyn, Aldo Scafoglieri, Jonathan Tresignie, Céline Lumé, Jan Pieter Clarys and Ivan Bautmans

3,031
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9. U.S. Food Policy and Obesity

By Julian M. Alston, Abigail M. Okrent and Joanna C. Parks

2,872
10. Alcohol Consumption Among Adolescents in Estonia 1994 - 2010

By Kersti Pärna, Mariliis Tael, Inge Ringmets and Katrin Aasvee

1,559
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16. Nature Therapy and Preventive Medicine

By Juyoung Lee, Qing Li, Liisa Tyrväinen, Yuko Tsunetsugu, Bum-Jin Park, Takahide Kagawa and Yoshifumi Miyazaki

4,084
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2,212
21. Social Determinants of Health in Deaf Communities

By Scott R. Smith and Nancy P. Chin

2,808
23. Re-Emergence of HIV Infection and Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men

By Maria Antonella Di Benedetto, Nino Romano and Alberto Firenze

2,861
25. The Public Health Intervention of Skin Care for All: Community Dermatology

By Terence J. Ryan, Steven J. Ersser and Lucinda Claire Fuller

3,130
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