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Obesity In Australia Essay

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It has been found that of the total number of elderly Australians aged 65 years hospitalized, one third are as also malnourished. Once discharged their health often is degraded due to repercurrsions of nutrient deficient body. However the elders living in community, only ten percent were found to be malnourished.
Of the many reasons why older adults are not able to meet their nutriotional requirements acute mental and physical diseases are main factors. Improvised medical conditions impair the absorption of nutrients from ingested food. Patient on medication of antibiotics and chemotherapy complain loss of appetite and killing the natural flora of the intestine which help in nutrients absorption. Physiological changes related to growing old …show more content…

Ten percent of the disease burden globally is attributed to sedentary lifestyle and poor nutritional diet. One disease associated with above stated factors is – diabetes 2 , which would become largest killer in near future. In terms of overweight and obesity Australia ranked 30th in study published in the Lancet. In contrast to trend in growth of obesity and overweight in population of other developed countries which have reached saturation level, Australia is experiencing exponential growth rate in overweight and obesity. The increase from 56 per cent in 1995, to 63 per cent in 2011-12 in overweight and obesity has been tracked by Australian Health Survey. The 66 percent of the Australian population is expected to be obese and overweight by 2019.
What is alarming is twenty five percent of Australian children were classified as been overweight in 2011-12. The health implications associated with the obesity puts these children at risk of acquiring chronic cardiovascular and Type II Diabetes as being assessed by 2011-12 National Health Measures Survey

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