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    Trajectories and Transitions in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
    (2015-01-01) Howe LD; Firestone R; Tilling K; Lawlor DA
    The last few decades have seen a dramatic rise in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in most high-income countries. This rise has been seen across all ages, even in very young children. Childhood obesity has both immediate and long-term health consequences and is now recognised as one of the most important public health concerns of our time. In this chapter, we take a life course perspective to review the evidence on trajectories and transitions in childhood and adolescent obesity. Understanding the life course aetiology of obesity is essential to inform prevention strategies – for example, knowing how the incidence of obesity changes across childhood and adolescence can be informative about the potential impact of intervening in different age groups. In this chapter, we review the evidence on the ages at which children tend to become overweight or obese, and the degree to which obesity persists once established. We then go on to discuss the importance of applying a life course perspective to the study of childhood and adolescent obesity, including the possibility that distinct adiposity trajectories have different long-term health consequences and the fact that longitudinal studies enable a finer analysis of the determinants of obesity than is possible from cross-sectional studies, improving aetiological insight. In the concluding part of this chapter, we reflect on the importance of a life course perspective in studies of childhood and adolescent obesity, and discuss future directions for life course studies in this area.
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    South African women as champions of change: A civil society programme of action for the African women’s decade
    (HSRC Press, 2014) Chitiga-Mabugu M; Karuaihe S; Reddy V; Morison T; Botsis H; Ntuli M; Tsoanamatsie N
    Women are agents of their own development and make valuable contributions towards the eradication of poverty and the establishment of early childhood structures in South Africa. South African Women as Champions of Change provides a perspective on the complexities in best practice case studies in respect of civil society engagement with poverty eradication, early childhood development, gender-based violence, and the advocacy initiatives aligned to some of these programs. A cross-cutting theme underpinning the analysis is an exploration of the socioeconomic conditions that promote employment creation for women. This book is a timely reminder of the invaluable contribution made by civil society organizations towards addressing the challenges affecting grassroots South African communities.
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    Representation and voice in a complex communication environment
    (2014-12-22) Dodson G; Papoutsaki E; Dodson, G; Papoutsaki, E
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    Introduction: Ministers, minders and mandarins
    (2018) Shaw R; Eichbaum C; Shaw, R; Eichbaum, C
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    Evolutionary Distributed Control of a Biologically Inspired Modular Robot
    (IntechOpen, 2008) Lal SP; Yamada K; Iba, H
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    By Your Place in the World I Will Know Who You Are
    (Victoria University Press, 2016-07-14) Makereti TRM; Horrocks, I; Lacey, C
    This collection of personal essays, a first of its kind, re-imagines the idea of place for an emerging generation of readers and writers. It offers glimpses into where we are now and how that feels, and opens up the range and kinds of stories we can conceive of telling about living here. Contributors include Tony Ballantyne, Sally Blundell, Alex Calder, Annabel Cooper, Tim Corballis, Martin Edmond, Ingrid Horrocks, Lynn Jenner, Cherie Lacey, Tina Makereti, Harry Ricketts, Jack Ross, Alice Te Punga Somerville, Giovanni Tiso, Ian Wedde, Lydia Wevers, and Ashleigh Young.
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    Fisher, Neyman-Pearson or NHST? A tutorial for teaching data testing
    (Frontiers Media SA, 2016-11-11) Perezgonzalez JD; Roberts, LD
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    If the resource management act's use-by-date has arrived - What might replace it?
    (School of Architecture & Planning, NCAI, University of Auckland, 2015) Miller CL; Taylor, P; Crawford, J