Opportunities and Challenges in the Prevention and Control of Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases: Children’s Diet and Nutrition and Weight and Physical Activity | Zendy

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Opportunities and Challenges in the Prevention and Control of Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases: Children’s Diet and Nutrition and Weight and Physical Activity

Author(s) -

Kenneth P. Tercyak,

Vida L. Tyc

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of pediatric psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054

H-Index - 121

eISSN - 1465-735X

pISSN - 0146-8693

DOI - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsj126

Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , public health , disease , medicine , gerontology , cancer prevention , behavior change , cancer , psychology , psychiatry , pathology

The purpose of this article is to review the role of behavioral research in disease prevention and control, with a particular emphasis on lifestyle- and behavior-related cancer and chronic disease risk factors--specifically, relationships among diet and nutrition and weight and physical activity with adult cancer, and tracking developmental origins of these health-promoting and health-compromising behaviors from childhood into adulthood.

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