Smoking is a Major Public Health Problem

The obesity is a major health problem in the United States, the obesity means an excess amount of fat of human body due to genetic and environmental factors. The measuring tool of obesity is the body mass index, the obese persona has a body mass index of 30 or more. Also, the waist circumference is another tool used to measure obesity, for obese women the waist circumference of 35 inches or more, and for obese men, the waist circumference is 40 inches or more. The complications of obesity are high…

 Public health Problem Smoking is an uncouth habit, and it does not discriminate between tobacco cigarette, bhang or shisha, all of these substances are often considered as drugs that can cause addiction. The smoke emitted from these drugs cause environmental pollution. Besides, they also lead to some harmful diseases to humans (Hyyppä, 2010). Some chronic conditions like lung cancer emanate from smoking, and it predisposes the users to various life conditions like heart diseases. There exist two…

Iron deficiency is considered a major public health problem in India. It has been shown that iron deficiency is common in school-aged children from North-India. As much as 50-70% of the children are estimated to be anemic. One study even shows that 90 % of the children were found to be below the cut-off point of the WHO of 120g Hb/L (Seshadri & Gopaldas,1989). Iron deficiency anemia, or anemia are associated with poorer cognition and learning capabilities. This may cause several complications such…

In today’s society, obesity is a major public health problem across the world, and is only becoming a growing problem in the United States. Research shows that twenty years ago, five percent of American children were overweight, whereas today 15 percent are. (Moore, 2011) Problems of obesity results from excessive caloric intake, decreased energy expenditure and the combination of the two. Obesity is linked to many health problems such as liver damage, diabetes and many others. The consumption of…

intervention for a major public health problem, including how best to evaluate its effectiveness. Addiction is the term used when a person takes part in an activity, or ingests a substance that gives them pleasure, but then the continuous use of it becomes compulsive and starts interfering with their everyday life. The behaviour of an addict can easily be recognised as it represents confusing human activity. (Shaffer, 1996). These behaviours can include gambling, excessive sexual behaviours, smoking and drug…

Obesity is a major public health and economic problem within populations. The complex interactions between environment, individual factors and genetic variability have escalated the issue to the top of policy and programme agendas worldwide, with prevention of childhood obesity providing a particularly compelling mandate for action.1, 2 There is an undisputed understanding that this epidemic is in need of urgent action that is both comprehensive and sustainable. Often upstream legislative and funding…

Malaria is one of the most popular infectious diseases and a major public health problem worldwide. Billions of people are at risk of infection in 109 countries. Annually, there are an estimated 250 million cases of malaria leading to about one million deaths. Malaria is a disease that is caused by parasites in the red blood cells of a human body, and is usually transmitted by the bite of certain species of mosquitos. Malaria symptoms were first described in ancient Chinese medical writings. Around…

INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background and Research Context Malaria is a major public health problem in most of the tropical regions of the world including Papua New Guinea (PNG). As stated by Allen et al., 1996 “In many tropical and sub-tropical regions, malaria remains a major cause of mortality” (Allen et al., 1996: pg1). In Papua New Guinea, being at the risk of getting infection is very high because studies reported that 90% of the total population are at the risk of being infected (Pulford, 2012: pg1)…

Introduction Diabetes is a major health problem in America and has been steadily increasing in prevalence (Fowler, 2010). Diabetes is currently the seventh leading cause of death in the United States with the burden of disease much higher for racial and ethnic minorities than whites. As of 2014, approximately 29.1 million Americans—9.3 percent of the total population—have been diagnosed with diabetes, with that number increasing rapidly (CDC, 2014). Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness, end-stage…

Public Health Issue: Smoking This essay is aimed to explore, analyse and discuss smoking in adults. Smoking is a public health issue as such is one of the major contributors to high mortality and ill-health in the adults which is preventable (Health and Excellence Care (NICE) (2012). The United Kingdom (UK) is known to have the highest number of people with a history of smoking among people with low socio-economic status (Scriven and Garman, 2006; Goddard and Green, 2005). Smoking is considered…