Main Causes of High Cases of Child Obesity in Australia’s Urban Areas

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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
1.1 Motivation.........................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Subject Objectives.............................................................................................................................4
1.3 Ethical constrains...............................................................................................................................4
2.0 Journal Reviews....................................................................................................................................5
3.0 Study Design.........................................................................................................................................7
4.0 Materials and Methods..........................................................................................................................7
4.1. Data Analysis....................................................................................................................................8
5.0 Presentation...........................................................................................................................................9
6.0. Products................................................................................................................................................9
7.0 Required Resources...............................................................................................................................9
Reference...................................................................................................................................................11
APPENDIX..................................................................................................................................................13
Appendix 1.............................................................................................................................................13
Appendix 2.............................................................................................................................................14
Appendix 3.............................................................................................................................................15
Appendix 4.............................................................................................................................................17
Appendix 5.............................................................................................................................................19

Epidemiology 3
Main Causes of High Cases of Child Obesity in Australia’s Urban Areas
1.0 Introduction
Obesity can be defined as a state of being overweight in relation to one’s body height.
According to the National institute of Health (NIH) when one’s body mass Index (BMI) is 30
and above then the person can be termed considered to be suffering from obesity. This has been a
common problem among children in different parts of the world but for this protocol, Australia’s
urban areas have had increase in the children obesity cases reported in different health centers
within the county. Statistically over the past few years the number of cases has been increasing at
an alarming rate. Research from (Cole, T.J., 2016) shows that one out of every four children in
Australia’s urban areas is suffering from obese and the same report also shows that the
representation of this data keeps changing with time and the rate at which these changes are
happening are alarming for the public health sector. Child obesity is becoming one of the most
health problem affecting the children. As seen from different research bodies, children obesity
cases in Australia have not been well documented hence this shows the need for the particular
study to be carried out (Gurnani, M., Birken, C. and Hamilton, J., 2015). WHO has also compile
a report on the comparison of obese cases between children in the rural areas and those brought
up in the urban areas of Australia. The report shows that urban children report at least 4 children
out of 10 suffer from obese while for the rural areas only one out of ten children suffers from
obese. There have been other health bodies that have conducted this similar research and the
findings have been the same in all the cases (Hayes, A., et al., 2016). Study by the Australian
Bureau of statistics – Australian health survey shows that the child brought up in an urban setup
is 70 percent more likely to be come obese that a child who is brought up in the rural setup.

Epidemiology 4
1.1 Motivation
After going through all this statistical data gathered from reliable sources in Australia in
relation to child obesity and the different areas in the country, I was motivated to dig deeper and
find out the main cause behind the pattern of the health problem. Obesity also being a global
health issue made me realize the need to learn more of the causes of the high spread of the
problem. Through this one would generate a well-researched solution to try and curb the problem
especially in the affected areas in the country and in this case, the urban areas within the country.
The gathered health records from different health care centers clearly shows that the urban areas
are he most affected by the problem. With this established, finding out the main cause behind it
became my goal hence the need for the project.
1.2 Subject Objectives
The main aim of this study is to find out the main causes behind the increase in cases of
child obesity in Australian urban areas, this will help in the formulation of a solution plan of the
problem. With the causes behind the rise of child obesity cases it will be possible to curb the
problem since the problems root cause is already established. Hence eliminating the problem
cannot posse a huge challenge. It is important to mention that the study objective will generate a
comprehensive report on the causes of child obesity in the Australian urban areas which can be
used in different health avenues for the better understanding of the public health facing the
country.
1.3 Ethical constrains
This comes in when interacting with other people through out the study. It is evident that
the study will involve interacting with individuals both physically or via the interacting with
other individual private work. The application of ethical principals of research will be necessary