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Various regions of the world have different responses to the issue of obesity. Some cultures view obesity as necessary and attractive while others are taking drastic measures in an attempt to promote a healthy lifestyle. Although some of these drastic changes seem a bit invasive and controversial, policy makers are debating whether it is effective and even whether or not such a policy should be adopted in the United States. According to the article written by Gallagher, a culture sensitive approach should be implemented in order to tackle the issue of global obesity. A study of children of Mexican descent showed that about 32.6% of Mexican children occupying the U.S. are overweight and about 19.2% are obese (Gallagher 2010). The parents observed in this study were serving their children unhealthy foods, such as those from cans and fast food restaurants, due to price and convenience (Gallagher 2010).

The data has shown that there is an ongoing problem with obesity in DeSoto County and many counties in Florida. The State of Obesity, reports that Florida 's adult obesity rate is 26.4 percent, up from 20.7 percent in 2004 and from 11.4 percent in 1990("Florida", 2014). In 2011 for DeSoto County, the percentage of obese females was in the worst 25% of all counties at 44%, while the percentage of obese males was in the middle 50% of all counties at 38.2%. The national average in 2011 was 36.1% for females and 33.8% for males. Excess weight is considered to be one of the major causes and determinates of future health problems. These problems include diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease among others. These issues cut across race, gender and age. If you are a black person aged 45-64 you are more likely to either have one of the diseases attributed to obesity or have the highest risk of developing one of these diseases. There is some good news among the data when it comes to children, the CDC reports that between 2008 and 2011 Florida 's rate fell from 14.1% to 13.1%, a statistically significant decrease according to the CDC analysis. The goal is to continue in this same direction by focusing on the education and intervention of children so they do not become a member of this statistical population and eventually fall into

The information that the health expert new to the community needs to gather about the existence of childhood overweight and obesity in this community is the statistical data that reflect the local childhood overweight issue, explore the local community culture and diversity. A systematic method should be used for data collection and recording. The expert should observe the natural (i.e. the local climate) and social (i.e. local poverty level) and built environment (i.e. sidewalks, community parks) within the community (Bell & Krumwiede, 2016). The health expert should also gather information from

To mitigate the threat of obesity, there needs to be the implementation of different approaches and participation of different stakeholders. Significant interventions need to be done at different levels. There needs to be an intervention at the individual level so as to encourage one to participate. Intervention strategies also need to be done at schools so that students and the community can be involved; and there needs to be change in the agriculture and food industry, urban planners and transportation. Each and everything done at each stage may have a small effect but may have a significant effect to the overall strategy.

Liquor stores do not provide all the essential food required to have a healthy diet, so Hispanic immigrants are forced to purchase the only food nearest to them. Even though the study was conducted on the Hispanic immigrant community, the generalizability of other cultures are unknown, but other cultures who reside with other Hispanic immigrant communities could possibly have the same environmental and social factors that cause obesity. This study also explains the parent’s perception of their children’s weight, which majority of parents said their children do not have the weight for obesity, when in reality, they are obese. The parent’s weight were also taken and results showed they have obesity as well. There must be a correlation between the obesity of the children and their parents, so this problem can be intervened with a program educating the parents about the signs of obesity and how to maintain health. If parents learn about obesity and maintaining health, then they can implement that in their own lives in addition to supervising what their children eat and how much physical activity they engage in a day.

There’s only one hospital that serves this community located on the main travelled street and is easily accessible by bus or car. A diabetic and CHF clinic is also present in the community that opens only during day time. There’s a nursing home for the elderly funded by the county. CVS and Walgreens pharmacies located almost on the outskirts of the community. The resources are not sufficient to address the other problem of obesity noted in the community. More outreach programs are needed to reach the poorer residents in the rural part of the community.

Within this writing assignment I will discuss the health risks of overweight and obesity and what are the effects that obesity, childhood and or adult has had on me and the community. I will give you, the reader one contributing factor to childhood or adult obesity. I will recommend two ways to preventative measures related to the selected factor that people can take in order to reduce their chances of becoming obese. I will address what sociological theory that pertains to the selected contributing factor to obesity.

In Chile, the 64.5% of the population suffers from obesity, as on average adult Chileans have in 25% more than fat than they should have, and children in 30%; This has very concerned health authorities for deaths, 1 is for obesity and each time there is a dead caused directly by this condition, because each 11 also that conditions the other main causes of death in

Obesity does not have an easy or simple fix. A complex issue “that takes an army” to prevent. Individuals and groups such as policy makers, state and local organizations, business and community leaders, school, childcare and healthcare professionals must work together on this issue. A healthy lifestyle must include a healthy or nutritious diet and adequate physical activity or exercise. The nursing action plan for this paper is obesity rates will decrease by 10% over the next 5 years.

Obesity is considered to be a huge public health issue, mainly due to the fact that there are so many ways to combat the onset of obesity. Obesity is a growing problem that claims many lives every year, putting it in the public health spotlight. Benjamin Caballero of the Oxford Journal describes the issue of obesity growing immensely during the 1900s (Caballero, 2007). It was an ongoing problem that did not simply develop in one year. Year after year the issue becomes larger, which landed obesity a prime spot in the public health spotlight. Caballero points out that during the 2000s the number of obese individuals began to exceed the number of underweight individuals, which raised many concerns (Caballero, 2007). Public health views this as

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention states that “obesity is highest among Blacks then Hispanics” (2015). Similarly, the numbers are highest among the poor class of people, especially those who have no food security. There are Hispanics living in the community but are outnumbered by Blacks. Therefore, the information is relevant to the population and would seek to address most of the problems.

The government introduces different policies to tackle public health issues. One of the policies the government has introduced is to encourage healthier food in schools to reduce the risk of childhood obesity. The government are targeting a specific group of people; children. This shows that the government wants to get the message across very early; prevention is better than to cure. Food habits are affected by environmental, organic and cultural

Dickins et al (2011) start their research by revealing the significance of the topic they are investigating. They write, "In recent times, an unyielding public spotlight has shone on the causes and consequences of being obese. Much of this public gaze has developed as a result of a burgeoning set of epidemiological studies in which researchers showed rapid increases in national and international rates of obesity over the last 20 years and linked obesity to a variety of physical and psychological health conditions."

Mexico is currently facing a huge health challenge: it has the highest prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the planet and the second highest percentage of obese population. This scenario is explained by the nutrition transition that is happening in the country. The consume of low cost processed foods with high amounts of added fats, sugar and salt combined with the increase on caloric beverages consumption and less amount of physical activity brought by new technologies and the sedentary lifestyle are among the main causes of the problem. The social costs associated to this situation are alarming: 140 million US$ per year are spent and 59.083 people die annually because of diabetes. In order to respond to this, the government launched federal programs to control and prevent overweight, obesity and diabetes. However, the magnitude of this epidemic demands a better implementation of the existing measures and also the creation of new measures to address this problem in holistic manner. Hence, in this paper we aim to defend what our research have shown to be the best approach to address the obesity and its related conditions in Mexico, such as strengthen actions in the school context, increase the access to drinkable water, stronger training for school staff with practical guides to prepare healthy food, unify

The definition of obesity is the condition of being grossly fat or overweight (google search) The government really started fighting obesity in 2010, when the surgeon general and the first lady of the United States Michelle Obama started combating obesity and trying to lower it all across the country. Obesity is not only a issue of a person cannot stop eating. It has number of relations such low income families who cannot afford healthy food but instead go to a number of fast food restaurants around the city; also it can be an emotional issue where people go to it as a way to cope with the sadness happening in there life’s. This paper will state the way this issue can be tackled as a community so the battle that Michelle Obama started can