Community Health Nursing Flyer Proper Health Habits

Community Health Nursing Flyer

Flyer

Proper health habits among middle aged people

This information targets middle aged persons, ages 40-50 years. The information is to help improve on the health of middle aged persons by avoiding practices that cause obesity which would result into various health problems.

Problems arising from obesity

One problem associated with obesity is the increased risk of developing dementia at a later age in one's life. According to a study conducted in the Denese et al. 2009, people who are obese in their middle ages have a greater risk of developing dementias, an example being Alzheimer, later in life than those with normal weight. The Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia and develops differently among different individuals. Dementia, which is the gradual decline in cognitive ability, previously associated with old age.

Another problem associated with obesity is depression in women. A study conducted by Simon et al. 2004, concluded that, in middle aged women, depression is strongly and constantly connected to obesity.

The other problem associated with obesity in middle aged people is shorter life span. A study conducted by Simon et al. 2004, show adults who were obese at age 40 lived 6 to 7 years less than those who had normal weight. Other problems associated with obesity are diseases such as diabetes, knee arthritis and having high blood pressure. To curb the problem of obesity community participation is crucial. This is because the problem of obesity has some unique characteristics among different communities.

Summary

The target group for this flyer is the middle age group which is the group between ages 40 to 50 years. This is because this is the group most prone to obesity due to their economic status where they are the group who are most economically stable (Simon, Pronk, Martinson, Kessler, Beck, Wang, 2004).

Distribution of flyers will be in grocery stores and offices. In grocery stores is the right place to reach people who are buying foodstuffs. People buying in grocery are the ones who might be aware of problems associated with obesity. People in offices are also prone to obesity due to their lack of exercise and also from their high tendency to eat junk foods (Simon et al., 2004).

Those in attendance will give necessary information on the best ways of dealing with obesity. The information in books and articles is useless unless read and implemented, therefore, what is essential is to find out what various people have done in practice and has worked in dealing with obesity (Danese, Moffitt, Harrington, Milne, Polanczyk, Pariante & Caspi, 2009).