Childhood Obesity The HHS Prevention Strategies chosen for this paper is the CDC’s Healthy Communities Program (HCP), which falls under the initiative of Nutrition and Weight Status. The main topic that this strategy will be used to discuss is childhood obesity. The specific program under this strategy that is going to be discussed herein would be the School-Based Physical Education Plan, which falls directly under the HCP. HHS Prevention Strategy The HCP works in collaboration with the local,
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
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
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
Obesity have been increasing over the last 30 years, with high rates globally, and among all economic levels. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures: Obesity, a common and costly health issue that increases risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer, affects more than one-third of adults and 17 percent of youth in the United States. By the numbers, 78 million adults and 12 million children are obese—figures many regard as an epidemic (“Obesity Statistics in the United
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
Essay December 10, 2015 Obesity: America’s Major Threat Obesity should not be an unknown term to the majority of the Americans as a significant percentage of the American population is obese. As the number of obese people skyrockets annually, obesity tends to be a major threat not just in America, but globally. The number of obese individuals has doubled in past four decades, probably by practicing the art of super-sizing (Marks). Obesity is a complex physical problem in which
Abstract Background: Obesity is a pervasive and serious health problem in the United States. Guidelines have been established for the proper screening and management of obesity by several medical associations. Previous research has shown that bias against the obese is prevalent in the medical community, which may adversely affect testing, visit length, and counseling of the obese, especially in regard to recommendations on screening and management for their condition. Methods: Survey data from the
Dr. Perrino June 23, 2015 The Obesity Epidemic 1. Epidemiology and Public Health Significance Obesity is a significant public health problem that has serious worldwide implications for health and disease. The sheer quantity of obese people in the world and specifically America, is testament to the need for this grave public health concern to be curbed. Obesity is classified as individuals with a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 and above. Since 1980 worldwide obesity has nearly doubled.7 In 2014