Obesity among low socio-economic groups

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Obesity among low socio-economic groups
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Introduction.............................................................................................3
Obesity globally........................................................................................ 3
Obesity in Australia.................................................................................... 5
Obesity among the low socio-economic status groups........................................... 7
Integration of MPHWP............................................................................... 9
Conclusion.............................................................................................. 11
References...............................................................................................13

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Introduction
Obesity can be described as an excessive accumulation of body fat presenting health
risks. It is measured by determining body mass index via body weight divided by the square
of body height. A body mass index greater or equal to thirty is defined as obesity. It is a
significant factor exposing the body to chronic conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular
diseases, and diabetes (Baum, 2002, pp. 356). Australia was established to be among the top
states with obesity. It is an epidemic with its frequency increasing over and over (Australian
Bureau of Statistics, “more than two thirds of Australians now overweight or obese” 2018).
The country has the third greatest pervasiveness of adults with overweight body mass indexes
(AIHW, 2017, pp. 40). In this, a plan aimed to note down wellbeing and health statuses of all
residents especially among low socio-economic status groups (World Health Organization,
“obesity”, 2019). The program is to ensure that the needs in terms of health for all societies
are addressed (ilonakickbusch, 2008, pp. 59).
Obesity globally
Obesity prevalence has been increasing gradually year after years with increased
consumption of foods dense in energy and with high-fat content. Also decreased physical
activity now that the need to engage in physical work has been gradually eliminated by
technology World Health Organization, “health promotion”, 2019) among many others. The
World Health Organization provides some estimated statistics that more than two billion
adults within ages eighteen and above in 2016 alone were overweight (Ilona, 2003, pp. 385).
Among the overweight ones, there were a rough six hundred and fifty million adults who had
obesity conditions. Among the two billion adults, thirty-nine percent of men and forty percent
of women were overweight. Among the six hundred and fifty million who were estimated to

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have obesity, eleven percent were men, and fifteen percent were women. Between the years
1974 and 2016, obesity cases have tripled (World Health Organization, “obesity”, 2019).
Globally, children aged below five years estimated, to sum up to forty-one million
roughly had been diagnosed with either obesity or an overweight condition. Obesity was well
known to exist in high-income countries. However, the current state of affairs shows that the
middle-income countries are affected but even worse in acquiring the conditions are the low-
income countries (World Health Organization, “obesity and overweight”, 2015). Africa alone
recorded an appreciation of almost fifty percent of overweight children in ages five years and
below since the year 2000 (World Health Organization, “obesity and overweight”, 2015). In
Asia, more than three hundred and fifty million adolescents and children had been diagnosed
with obesity or overweight conditions in 2016 (WHO, 2016).
These statistics reveal an appreciating rate of pervasiveness concerning obesity and
underweight conditions among adolescents and children between ages five to nineteen. The
appreciation rates have changed from almost four percent in the 1970s to nineteen percent in
2016 affecting both boys and girls (WHO “obesity and overweight”, 2019). Eighteen percent
of girls had been diagnosed with either of the conditions whereas nineteen percent of boys
had been diagnosed with either of the conditions (WHO “obesity and overweight”, 2019). In
2016 however, more one hundred and twenty-four million were found to be obese. That is six
percent of girls and eight percent boys. Deaths reported from either obesity or overweight
conditions have occurred as a result of cardiovascular diseases, diabetic conditions or
resultant cancers (WHO, 2016).
Obesity in Australia
According to the United States Journal of Human Biology and Economics, Australia
records more significant effects of obesity among women between ages sixty to seventy-four