Special Editor: Amy B. Jordan

A Volume of The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science
Volume 615, January, 2008

Preface
Amy B. Jordan

Section One: Home, School, and Community

Childhood Overweight and the Relationship between Parent Behaviors, Parenting Style, and Family Functioning
Kyung Rhee

Children's Healthy Weight and the School Environment
Laura C. Leviton

Childhood Overweight and the Built Environment: Making Technology Part of the Solution Rather Than Part of the Problem
Amy Hillier

Childhood Obesity Prevention: Successful Community-Based Efforts
Laure DeMattia and Shannon Lee Denney

Section Two: Media and Culture

The Effects of Food Marketing on Children’s Preferences: Testing the Moderating Roles of Age and Gender
Ariel Chernin

Children, Television Viewing, and Weight Status: Summary and Recommendations from an Expert Panel Meeting
Amy B. Jordan and Thomas N. Robinson

Calories for Sale: Food Marketing to Children in the Twenty-First Century
Susan Linn and Courtney L. Novosat

Section Three: Public Policy Efforts

First Amendment Implications of Restricting Food and Beverage Marketing in Schools
Samantha K. Graff

Assessing the Feasibility and Impact of Federal Childhood Obesity Policies
Victoria L. Brescoll, Rogan Kersh, and Kelly D. Brownell

Generation O: Addressing Childhood Overweight before It’s Too Late
Laura M. Segal and Emily A. Gadola

Section Four: Comments

Mobilizing to Defeat the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Tom Harkin

Confronting Childhood Obesity
Sam Brownback

What Can We Do to Control Childhood Obesity?
William H. Dietz and Thomas N. Robinson

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