Parental Smoking and Education as Determinants of Overweight in Israeli Children

• Main Authors: Michael Huerta, MD, MPH (Author), Haim Bibi, MD (Author), Jacob Haviv, MD, MPH (Author), Shimon Scharf, MD, MPH (Author), Michael Gdalevich, MD, MPH (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Obesity is a well-recognized risk factor for many chronic diseases. Pediatric overweight is an especially severe problem because its childhood onset increases the overall length of exposure to the detrimental effects of overweight, accelerates the onset of chronic disease, and affects c...