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The Effect of Prenatal and Postnatal Care on Childhood Obesity

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Chfldhood obesity continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. If this problem is unresolved, some children will be at risk for disorders such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancer and wül become a high economic and social burden for society. Using the Nadonal Longitudinal Survey of Youth, Chud and Young Adult sample {N= 6,643), this study examined the relationship between the effect of pre- and postnatal charaaeristics and obesity. The findings of this study show that the probabüity of childhood obesit;/ can be lessened if pregnant women do not smoke and do not gain significant pregnancy- related weight. Moreover, breast feeding and health insurance were also found to be
correlated to avoiding childhood obesity.

KEY WORDS: child welfare; health; obesity; postnatal care; prenatal care

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Judul Seri

Social Work

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

: National Association of Sociai Workers., 2013

Deskripsi Fisik

Social Work VOLUME 58, NUMBER 3 JULY 2013

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English

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

KESEHATAN ANAK
OBESITAS

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