Child Obesity Urban Health Profile

CHILD OBESITY URBAN
HEALTH PROFILE

Table of Contents
Title .................................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Rationale of the report.................................................................................................................3
Profile of local area.....................................................................................................................4
Literature Review.............................................................................................................................4
The basic understanding of obesity.............................................................................................4
The obesity among children of age 10 to 11 years in new cross ward in London borough of
lewisham.....................................................................................................................................4
The ways of improvements in obese condition of children........................................................4
Methodology....................................................................................................................................5
Types of research........................................................................................................................5
Data collection method...............................................................................................................5
Sampling.....................................................................................................................................5
Data analysis....................................................................................................................................6
Questionnaire..............................................................................................................................6
Interpretation...............................................................................................................................7
Conclusion and recommendations.................................................................................................11
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................12

Title
“To analyse the obesity in children of age 10-11 in year 6 in the New Cross ward in
London Borough of lewisham”
Introduction
Obesity has been considered as a very complex disorder which majorly involve a huge
amount of deposition of fat. Such disease tends to increase the potential risk related to health
such as overweight, back pain, shortness of breath and many more. Obesity is generally caused
by excessive consumption of food containing high content of fat, carbohydrate, fat and sugar
(Fatima, Doi and Mamun, 2015). Children obesity is a severe medical problems that majorly
affects the children and adolescent and may result in degraded self esteem.
Aim:
“To analyse the obesity in children of age 10-11 in year 6 in the New Cross ward in
London Borough of lewisham.”
Objectives:
 To identify the basic understanding of obesity.
 To evaluate the obesity among children of age 10 to 11 years in New Cross ward in
London Borough of lewisham.
 To examine the ways of improvements in obese condition of children.
Questions
 What is the basic understanding of obesity?
 How to evaluate the obesity among children of age 10 to 11 years in New Cross ward in
London Borough of lewisham?
 What are the ways of improvements in obese condition of children?
Rationale of the report
The cases of occurrence of obesity has been increasing from past few decade in children,
thereby, it is very important to analyse the occurrence of obesity in the children at early age only,
so that proper and adequate measures can be used to lessen the effect of risk factors and causes
of the obesity. This research will deal and evaluate the major cause of obesity in children of New
Cross ward in London Borough of lewisham so that suitable improvement ways can be
examined.

Profile of local area
New Cross is a part of south east London, England in the London Borough of lewisham.
It is near Telegraph Hill, St. John, Greenwich and home to University Of London and many
more. New Cross was originally called as Hatcham.
Literature Review
The basic understanding of obesity
The basic idea of obesity involves around the too much amount of fat deposited around
the body. As per views of Della and et.al., (2016), the causes of obesity varies from individual to
individual, but majorly it occurs due to the imbalance in intake of fats, sugar or carbohydrates in
the consumed food. Another factors which may lead to obesity are the history of family, the
lifestyle of an individual, any ongoing or past medications, less physical work or due to any
medical disorder. The measurement of body mass index of a person has been considered as a
screening tool to check the obesity condition, and it gives a figure which can be used in referring
whether the obesity is more severe or less.
The obesity among children of age 10 to 11 years in new cross ward in London borough of
lewisham.
It has been evaluated that, approximately 340 million children and adolescents were
obese or overweight in 2016. Ohkuma and et.al. (2015) states that the possibility of severe
obesity has been found very high among children of 10 to 11 year of age in New Cross ward in
London borough of lewisham. The prime reason behind the growing obesity among children is
due to high consumption of unhealthy and junk food. Large number of fast food outlets in
London borough make such food more accessible to the children which make them overweight.
The ethnicity and social factors play vital role in increasing vulnerability of obesity in such
group of people.
The ways of improvements in obese condition of children
Due to worse condition of obese children, various ways have been provided to control the
negative effects of such disease among kids. The most important way to stabilize the condition is
to change the lifestyle. Balanced content of nutrients and fats in the food helps in maintaining the
weight and keeps the metabolism of the body regulated. According to Wadden and Bray (2018),
avoiding junk food, taking proper exercise and sleep aids in lowering the effects by burning the