Promising Approaches to Prevention and Treatment of Youth Obesity


credit: Run Luau Run

In a special October Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, the official journal of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, there is a compilation of new studies of factors that impact obesity risks in children and adolescents, as well as promising approaches to prevention and treatment.

The special issue addresses the developmental perspective on the critical issue of childhood obesity and its risks and treatments. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.


Read the Entire Article


Federal Programs Related to - Endocrine, Metabolic & Nutritional Research

Programs involved in the systematic study of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases and conditions that affect ductless glands. Addison's Diseases Research; Dwarfism Research; Thyroid Diseases Research




Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight



New UK Research Body to Drive Progress in Social Investment


New UK Research Body to Drive Progress in Social Investment

The government-backed Social Investment Research Council is newly formed to hatch practical insights into social investment market products, and the investors needed to finance them.




Nonprofit Jobs

  Executive Director Jobs
  Foundation Related Jobs
  Social Work Jobs
  Human Services Jobs
  Social Work Jobs