Health Promotion- Obesity

Childhood obesity prevalence rates have been steadily increasing in the United States and in 2010; it was identified in more than 42 million pre-schoolers (WHO, 2013). Obesity has various medical risks that are related to obesity in children including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, sleep apnoea, asthma, dyslipidaemia, metabolic syndrome, orthopaedic complications, and a reduced life expectancy. Health promotion to combat childhood obesity is therefore needed to prevent childhood obesity and

Prepare a "Current Health Promotion" that analyzes a current health care need and is appropriate for use in the general public. Present a detailed analysis as to why your analysis is appropriate for the general public. Obesity is a significant problem for today's American children. The Northern California Cancer Center, for instance, calculates that more than 23 million children and teenagers are overweight and that this epidemic is growing. Sharma (2006) recommends that nutrition behaviors should

Childhood obesity is a serious health concern that has been growing at an alarming rate in Canada. Childhood obesity occurs when a child is over the normal weight for their age group and height. Because obesity is such a widespread issue, it is important to identify methods that can be implemented to help address this problem. By looking at the necessity of health promotion with regards to childhood obesity, gathering information on how to assess those at risk and finally teaching those identified

Abstract The obesity epidemic is at an all-time high as evidenced by the fact that there are more overweight and obese people than those of healthy weight in the U.S. today. Many political, medical and surgical interventions have proven to be largely unsuccessful. There has only been marginal success with government led nutritional initiatives such as First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign. The key to ending this obesity epidemic lies within health promotion. Nurses possess the essential

This study will be limited by the following: Participants will not take part in any form of part of an obesity Intervention/health promotion program. They should not be having any underlying diseases specially thyroidism. Assumptions: The assumptions of this study are as under, 1. The hypertensive subjects are overweight so they are expected to have high neck circumference, abdominal obesity and arterial stiffness also the measurement of these variable will be taken by stretch resistance tape which

Upon reviewing the community vitality data I came to the conclusion that the health problem that a health education program would be most appropriate to address would be childhood nutritional health and fitness. I came to this conclusion after careful data analysis. Of the county’s adults (18+) 77% ate less than five servings of fruits and vegetables per day, this percentage is so high likely because of attitudes and habits these adults picked up when they were children. The second largest age

aware of the Social and Psychological aspects and not the ramifications of their morbidity rate lowing by their condition and the ensuing health problems in later life. The data and facts above speak for themselves and provision of these to Teenager’s will help them make a learned response. Provide them the statistics on the growing trend of overweight and obesity within Teenagers show them they are not alone so that they will not feel so isolated, hopefully improving

for quality rating . The recommendations and evidence will impact my practice positively but as a starting point of evidence based recommendations for appropriate treatment interventions for addressing overweight/obesity. By knowing these factors that contribute to childhood obesity and the importance of parents involvement is preventing and treating the epidemic, I will therefore be proactive in designing comprehensive plan of cares that involve parents and other stakeholders in solving this challenge

Diabetes and Obesity in Southside Coalition One of the obesity characteristics include having metabolic syndrome for risk factors diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes (Feizi, et. al, 2015). The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is becoming a significant problem in the United States. In fact since the 1990’s, only 1 -2 % of children with diabetes mellitus had type 2 diabetes and rates have grown since then (Rodbard, 2008). To help reduce the prevalence of these disorders, the Diabetes

Health care expenditures is an increasing proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries as its share in GDP increased by an average of nearly 2 percent annually in last 40 years. Health care expenditures in the US increased 6.2 on average annually between 1991 and 2011. Health care spending consisted 17.9 percent of GDP in the US in 2011. There are many elements affecting increases in health care costs. The proportion of old people in