Leveraging food technology for obesity prevention and reduction efforts : workshop summary / Leslie Pray and Laura Pillsbury, rapporteurs ; Food Forum, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Leveraging food technology for obesity prevention and reduction efforts : workshop summary / Leslie Pray and Laura Pillsbury, rapporteurs ; Food Forum, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

"Obesity is a major public health challenge. More than one-third of the U.S. adult population is considered obese, a figure that has more than doubled since the mid-1970s. Among children, obesity rates have more than tripled over the same period. Not only is obesity associated with numerous med...

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Contributors: Pray, Leslie A., Pillsbury, Laura, 1984-
Corporate Contributors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Food Forum., Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Food and Nutrition Board., Leveraging Food Technology for Obesity Prevention and Reduction Efforts
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Series:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subjects:
Obesity > United States > Prevention > Congresses.
Food habits > United States > Congresses.
Food industry and trade > Appropriate technology > United States > Congresses.
Food industry and trade > Technological innovations > United States > Congresses.
Nutrition policy > United States > Congresses.
Food > Composition > Congresses.
Food habits.
Overweight persons.
Food industry and trade.
Medical policy.
Habit.
Human behavior.
Industries.
Body weight.
Nutrition disorders.
Diseases.
Social control.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Physical diagnosis.
Medical care.
Diagnosis.
Nutrition policy.
Food > Analysis.
Obesity.
Overweight persons > Health and hygiene > Congresses.
Food science.
Feeding Behavior
Publication Formats
Investigative Techniques
Overnutrition
Overweight
Food Industry
Health Policy
Habits
Behavior
Public Policy
Industry
Publication Characteristics
Americas
Body Weight
Nutrition Disorders
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
Signs and Symptoms
Social Control Policies
Geographic Locations
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Body Size
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
Policy
Psychiatry and Psychology
Technology, Industry, Agriculture
Disease
Body Weights and Measures
Geographicals
Social Control, Formal
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Body Constitution
Social Sciences
Sociology
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Physiological Phenomena
Physical Examination
Delivery of Health Care
Phenomena and Processes
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
Diagnosis
Nutrition Policy
Food Analysis
Obesity
Congresses
Food Technology
Patient Care
human behavior.
social sciences.
sociology.
diagnosis.
North America.
North America
United States
Genre/Form:Congress, proceedings (reports), Conference papers and proceedings
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