Obesity Prevention in Healthcare

Running head: OBESITY PREVENTION
Obesity Prevention in Healthcare
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Module 3
Evidence for Obesity Prevention
Essential task 3.2 – Finding reviews relevant to obesity prevention
The title of the review chosen is “Do diet and physical activity strategies help prevent obesity
in children (aged 0 to 18 years)?” The review that has been chosen from the Cochrane library.
Obesity has been a prevalent issue worldwide and mostly among children. Physical and
mental health is seen to gradually deteriorate in children experiencing obesity. In the
following review, it is well understood that incorporating physical activity in our daily
lifestyle or improving out dietary intake, or both can influence the risk of obesity in an
individual (1). These strategies are to be implemented by the governments or parents who are
worried about their children being overweight.
Diet included with physical activity incorporated in the lifestyle of the children can decrease
their risk of obesity. However, there is no substantial evidence present to support the
positives of implementing either diet or physical activity in the lifestyle of the child. Research
must be conducted to understand the individual effects of the strategy. Usage of randomized
control trials for this study is beneficial as well as detrimental (2). Children from different
racial backgrounds were used to help in the study but they came up with no strong evidence
supporting the hypothesis.