Childhood Obesity : Nutrition And Weight Status

Nutrition and Weight Status: Preventing Childhood Obesity A healthy diet is the foundation for achieving a healthy lifestyle. Nutrition, the intake of food in order to provide the body with its dietary needs, is important when referring to a healthy diet (Potter, Perry, Stockert & Hall, 2013). Nutrition is good when the body receives the essentially balanced nourishment required to sustain life and successfully perform bodily functions. However, poor nutrition can result in decreased productivity

topic of nutrition and weight status. The objective and Healthy People 2020 goal is “NWS-11: Prevent inappropriate weight gain in youth and adults”; specifically, “NWS-11.3 (Developmental) Prevent inappropriate weight gain in adolescents aged 12-19 years” ("Nutrition and Weight Status," 2016). Three articles concerned with adolescent obesity will be examined, summarized, and compared by this author. The first article by Williams and Mummery evaluates factors of adolescent obesity, nutrition behaviors

Introduction The United States has seen childhood obesity rates double in children and increase four times in adolescents since the 1980’s.1 The Center for Disease Control reports that in 2012, over one third of children and adolescents were considered obese or overweight.1 There is an urgent need to address the growing epidemic of childhood obesity, as obesity has been shown to have deteriorating immediate health effects and increase the risk of chronic disease such as diabetes, osteoarthritis

The Healthy People 2020 objective Nutrition and Weight Status has a goal of improving the diet of Americans, thus improving their overall health. “Diet quality is critically important to the prevention of many types of chronic disease” (Wilson et al, 2015, p. 302.) According to Healthy People 2020 (2014), “a healthful diet helps Americans reduce their risks for many health conditions, including: overweight and obesity, malnutrition, iron-deficiency anemia, heart disease, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia

Methods Question: Is school nutrition a major contributor to childhood obesity? Date of Literature Review: October 2014 Inclusion Criteria • Age: school aged children (4-18 years old) • Setting: Public and private school systems in the US. • Health Status: Any • Nutrition-Related Problem or Condition: Obese or overweight and consuming at least lunch in a school setting. • Study Design Preference: Cross-sectional studies, large randomized observational studies, time series studies. • Size of Study

September 2016 Child Nutrition  Table of contents Abstract Introduction Why is Child Nutrition a Public Health Issue Impact of Childhood Obesity on Population Level Epidemiology Conclusion and Suggestions to Remedy Issues Caused by Poor Nutrition  Abstract We are a group of students at California State University of Northridge who found common interest in the topic of child nutrition. By applying the core functions of public health, we were able to analyze how poor child nutrition led to more serious

find out what has caused or what the leading factors to obesity are. Researchers are currently still doing research to find out what causes or what may be the lead to obesity. Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition which considers a child to be obese if their Body Mass Index (BMI) is at or above the 95th percentile for children and teens of the same age and sex. (Rendall., Weden, Lau, Brownell, Nazarov & Fernandes, 2014). Obesity is on a rise in the Unites States and all over the world

Childhood obesity affects more than 30 percent of children in the United States, making it the most common chronic disease among children. A child is defined as being “obese” if their BMI-for-age percentile is greater than 95 percent. A child is defined as being “overweight” if their BMI-for-age percentile is greater than 85 percent and less than 95 percent. (Obesity Action Coalition, 2017). Childhood obesity has rapidly become one of the most serious health challenges faced in the United States

Maternal and childhood malnutrition in low and middle-income countries presents a global public health challenge and threatens attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)i. Encompassing both under nutrition and obesity as well as vitamin and mineral deficiency, malnutrition can be caused by multiple factorsii. These factors are closely linked to general standards of living, education, environment and the ability of a population to meet its basic needsiii. Malnutrition has profound effects

are overweight or obese.” This statistic is very alarming because child obesity can lead to many other chronic diseases that no child should have to endure at such a young age. Fortunately, there are ways of preventing child obesity from occurring such as adequate nutrition, appropriate exercise and many others. It is important that nurses establish an open approach to communication when addressing issues related to obesity (Shepard, 2010). Open communication allows the nurse to establish a trusting