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ConclusionObesity has become a global epidemic, “a complex condition, one with serious social and psychological dimensions, that affects virtually all age and socioeconomic groups and threatens to overwhelm both developed and developing countries,” (WHO, 2018). Because many, if not most, cases of obesity can be prevented and the resulting health problems mitigated, it is important to raise awareness and have a comprehensive public health intervention plan. This research contributes to the growing body of evidence on the importance of public health interventions and especially for preventative care.
Health literacy and other preventative methods can be applied in culturally appropriate ways to tackle the problem of obesity. To be culturally appropriate, public health interventions also need to take into account variables like gender, ethnicity, age, and socioeconomic class: all of which have an influence on how health information is communicated but also on diet and lifestyle norms.
An integrated model has been shown to be effective because it is comprehensive and multifaceted in its approach to obesity. Integrating health literacy, public policy, urban planning and design, and clinical interventions will help prevent and mitigate the problems of obesity. Obesity prevention can also be framed from a financial standpoint,...
Even when proposed interventions require initial investments, the long-term benefits will be to reduce overall health spending on a preventative problem.
This study uses the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) data, a large cohort consisting of fourteen thousand prenatal females. A longitudinal approach also helps the researcher to identify risk factors at the prenatal and perinatal stages, taking into account family history as an additional variable. Therefore, this study is both unique and important in that it is comprehensive and generalizable, applicable to multiple populations and adaptable to different populations.
Life course theory also shows that public health strategies need to focus on early childhood as well as prenatal and postnatal care. The results of this study highlight the importance of various parental care factors, helping to improve health outreach and advocacy. The physiological pathways of obesity begin as early as the fetal stage, with maternal dietary and lifestyle choices impacting the development of the fetus. The mother’s dietary and lifestyle choices also impact the infant’s feeding and later, the child’s overall nutritional and exercise regime. The results of this study show that it is not just behaviorism…
" (Dietz, 1998). Obese children are often taller than their non-overweight peers, and are apt to be viewed as more mature. This is an inappropriate expectation that may result in adverse effects on their socialization. (Dietz, 1998). Overweight children and adolescents report negative assumptions made about them by others, including being inactive or lazy, being strong or tougher than others, not having feelings and being unclean. (American Obesity Association, 2000). This
Childhood Hunger and Structional Functionalism Childhood Hunger and Structural-Functionalism Theory In this essay, I have discussed about childhood hunger. I have described how poverty, hunger, and lack of education play a major role in childhood hunger. I have tried to link low income, nutrition and education with childhood hunger and their long-term effects. I have tried to correlate and integrate all these topics and have presented a macro-level perspective. In the end,
The chapters outlined the significance of the study, the intended objectives, the hypotheses statements, justification of the study, the research design, and the findings and conclusions. The examination carried out within the sections of this paper will be important for bridging the gap of knowledge on the use of UB-PAP in the diagnosis of obesity among obese pregnant mothers. It will be particularly helpful in informing the patients and
Childhood Obesity One of the most significant health problems seen in the United States is obesity. Within this dynamic there are particular issues of special concern for the health care industry and society in general, most notably the exponential increase in obesity found among children. (Strauss, Pollack, 2001, pgs. 2845-2848) and (Troiano, Flegel, 1998, pgs. 497-504) "Childhood obesity has more than doubled over the past 20 years, and it represents the
Childhood Obesity and Diabetes Association Between Childhood Obesity and Diabetes in Urban Neighborhood in Massachusetts Topic Selection Problem Description Demographics Sampling Technique and Data Collection Procedure Ethics in Research Obesity Obesity and Diabetes The obesity among the African-American children has been increased to an excessive level and it has become the general cause for the occurrence of chronic diseases in the adolescence of children. The current study is aimed to find the association between the obesity in childhood with
There are remedies (albeit not easy ones for the individuals involved), as suggested by the research. However, and this is very important, the current public health approaches that the Saudi government has taken, as Mabrey et al. (2010) note, have focused fairly narrowly on medical approaches. This focus includes research that has been conducted on metabolic syndrome (which is caused primarily by being overweight). This is caused by clear-cut factors