Improving Health and Nutrition to Diminish Obesity Rates in France

Many would agree that a worthy, controlled health system, above all, should essentially contribute to good health. The responsibility of a health care system is that the organization of people, institutions, and resources deliver the health care services required and meet the health needs of focus populations. Another duty that the health care systems stimulate is the reduction of inequality to race, gender, social status and religion. Each health care system is different when looking at specific countries across the world, however some countries are more similar than others, such as France and Canada’s health care system. These two countries have numerous similarities when examining their health care systems, conversely that does not denote that both France and Canada are just as equivalent as the other. When observing countless aspects, such as longevity and infant mortality, as well as a lot of the inputs such as doctors or beds per capita, and of course the total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP over the year, it is seen that France has a better and more enhanced health care system than Canada.

Health education takes place within the context of social and economic settings. All programmes for health-related behaviour change have a cost in term of resources, money, time or social and economic factors. In this report I will be talking about Jamie Oliver approach the strength and weakness of his healthy eating approach. For example Jamie Oliver strives to improve unhealthy diets and poor cooking habits in the United Kingdom and the United States but the government spend a lot of money to campaign his idea and to promote healthier school meals.

Implementing these lifestyle habits will result in healthier people and lowered rates of chronic illness. One avenue to best prevent the development of chronic disease is to have health and wellness programs in the community, workplace, and schools (NCSL, 2012). If the population was properly educated on how to realistically live healthy lifestyles, then it would be easier to change and adopt healthier habits. This is especially true for adolescents in the school system. If nutrition and health classes were mandatory components of education across the nation, children would be able to learn healthy habits early on in life and more easily maintain those habits as they grow older. Results of these programs would be vastly beneficial due to a reduction in chronic disease prevalence. In addition to promoting healthy lifestyles and chronic disease prevention, discovering and implementing newly effective treatments are paramount to reduce chronic disease. With more advanced technology and medications, early detection and management of chronic diseases are improved and risks for CCM are reduced (Chatterjee et al., 2014). These improvements will not only

In my comparison, I will use France, Japan, Sweden and Canada, which rank 1st, 10th, 23rd and 30th, respectively. France tops the WHOs list for health rankings and has universal healthcare largely financed by the Government and approximately 77% health expenditures are government funded. The most notable difference in the French system in contrast to the United States is cost regulation. In France healthcare costs are regulated by a governmental

Health disparities are considered to be differences dealing with health care, which is closely linked with society economic and/or environmental disadvantages. The disadvantage could be caused by race, gender, age or socioeconomic status. Health disparities can be affect certain people in different ways which will cause greater obstacles based on their race or ethics group or religion.

Comparatively, the French healthcare system combines similar universal coverage, with a public-private mix of hospital and outpatient care. It is largely financed by the Government’s national health insurance, however patients can be refunded up to 70% of most healthcare costs, and 100% in cases of costly or long-term ailments/conditions. France’s healthcare system topped the rankings in the World Health Organisation’s Health Report in 2000 (Rodwin, 2003). France’s universal healthcare grants an automatic and continuous right to treatment, to those who legally reside there for at least 183 days per year, or for three consecutive months and are a permanent legal resident. From an outsider perspective, it may seem that these two countries have very similar healthcare, and in some aspects, that is largely true. Both are big prescribers of medication, in some cases over-prescribed, however in both countries, doctors practice homeopathy as well as allopathy, which begs the question as

This section below provides information and compares the health care statistics and costs of the United States and France. Health care costs are comprised of life expectancy, mortality rate, health risk factors, GDP spent on health care and total health spending per capita.

By playing the country’s personal nutritionist through its restrictions and modifications on food, the government seemingly wipes out the need for education on healthful dieting habits. Unfortunately, without this knowledge citizens become increasing reliant on the government to set its standard for what they should eat, instead of being able to make the proper decisions for themselves. An outstanding example provides by Radley Balko in his writing “What You Eat is Your Business” is the recent wave of school

France is considered to have the best health care system for many reasons, reasons that we should embark upon. First off, France provides universal health care for all citizens. So, all the residents have access to publicly financed health care. France covers a lot more services than the US does because everyone receives the same care. In the US you only get the package of care you purchase, but in France everyone is covered for everything from basic services to long-term care and daily allowances. Not to mention, the French are also more updated with their technology. They have an EHR project that presents six principles, “for the success of electronic health record (EHR) technology: (1) to be useful for professionals; (2,3) to be modular and implemented incrementally, based on emerging requirements; (4) to be deployed according to an agreed-upon time frame; (5) to strike a balance between informational requirements and the protection of patients’ privacy; and (6) to have clear governance”(The US Health Care Systems, 2011). This technology has and will improve their system immensely, and puts them ahead of the US greatly. Also another large difference between France and the United States is that Frances healthcare system does a better job regulating their costs. Especially when it comes to the prices of the drugs, “France has an organization called the CNAMTS that monitor spending for services across the country”(Kamrany, 2014). If the drug price is to high CNAMTS has power to reduce prices to make the drug more available. These may seem like small differences, but they make huge differences for patients, and even nurses in the long run. It is almost a completely different

The French and the United States have several differences in the health care system. However, there were two differences that struck me. One, the cost of services and no hidden fees. Price of services is transparent, and cost of care are consistent at every doctor’s office. “French patients are informed up front, down to the last hundredth of a euro, how much they will pay for each medical procedure (Reid, 2009).” In the U.S., patients never know how much care will cost them. The price will depend on your insurance coverage. Furthermore, it depends what the doctors or the hospital want to charge. Reid also states (Reid, 2009), “My visit, a “consultation for joint pain or stiffness,” was priced at 26, or $33.80. …Back home, a

“If and when the public chooses to use government power to offset the factors that promote obesity, we can do so. A day may come when we decide to limit advertising of unhealthy food, strengthen lifestyle teaching in schools, and create stronger financial incentives to adhere to lifestyle recommendations. The more eager we the people are to fight the obesogenic environment, the more responsive and effective our governments will become” (Medscape General Medicine, vol. 9, no. 4, 2007).

France targets the first Aim of improving the quality of care effectively as it has one of the best services of public health care in the world. It has a universal healthcare

"Honorable English teacher Mindy Geihs, my dear friends and family, and delegates to the United Nations; it is an honor for me to be speaking to you today about Obesity". Obesity is not brought up in school enough, I not fat shaming anyone I just want to help, I've been around plenty of overweight kids and I use to be overweight myself more many years, but my parents gave me the motivation to overcome my mistake. As a kid, I would over eat, barely go outside, I didn't get bullied for my weight thank god, but sometimes looking into the mirror was difficult. Motivation Is a huge step to overcoming obesity for the reason that people don't see a reward for getting fit and It makes me sad. My aunt is not obsessed but she is massively overweight

External factors can be recognised as interventions from surrounding environments such as government, school or law. All of these environments provide a wide range of information about health that is available through specific sources and intend to improve the health of people. Although the level of provided information is extensive that does not always mean they are fully competent. There are a few positive interventions made by schools that focus on educating children on the subject of health. One of these interventions is providing physical education in schools, which is needed in present times as children are overwhelmed by electronic devices. It stimulates them to being active and gives an opportunity to take part in a wide range of sporting activities (Y158, cited in L185 Block 3 Session 3, p.13). Another intervention refers to a healthy diet, more specifically to meals that are provided in schools. There is a high involvement of media that comments on what kind of food is served by school kitchens. Parents as well as a society expect that schools offer balanced nutrition and encourage children to take a healthy approach to their diet (Y158, cited in L185 Block 3 Session 3, p.14). One more intervention is educating children about health, which is included in their lessons. Information given during the lessons is focusing on having a greater understanding and knowledge of health matters (Y158, cited in L185 Block 3 Session 3, p.13).

One aspect of the French welfare system is universal entitlements. One universal entitlement under the French welfare system is health insurance. Every citizen in Frances is able to have healthcare insurance. For those citizens that are employed, the employer and employee both finance the insurance. However, the government pays for the health care of