Cultural Influences and Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Ethnic Minorities

This collection of research articles explores the cultural influences and prevention methods for childhood obesity in ethnic minorities. The studies highlight the role of traditional foods, family life, and lifestyle choices in influencing obesity. The articles also provide insights into effective prevention and treatment methods, including intervention programs for parents, decreasing caloric intake, increasing exercise, and decreasing screen time.

BODY
CULTURE AND
SOCIETY
Fat bodies and obesity
prevention

Chatham, R.E. and Mixer, S.J., 2020. Cultural influences on childhood obesity
in ethnic minorities: a qualitative systematic review. Journal of Transcultural
Nursing, 31(1). pp.87-99.
Summary- The focus of this investigation is to understand the cultural influences related with
childhood obesity in ethnic minorities. A systematic review is conducted in this research by
sampling studies since 2008, including two articles in order to understand the link between
cultural influences and childhood obesity. The conclusion drawn by this research is that cultural
practices such as traditional foods and family lives has a considerable impact in childhood
obesity and need to be considered. The key findings of the research are the significant role of
child feeding, family, gender roles, food, healthy child appearance, physical activity, sedentary
activity, food cost, and obesogenic environment in influencing obesity.
Evaluation- The research paper focuses on one of the more neglected areas associated with
childhood obesity, which are cultural influences of ethnic minorities. This search highlights the
role of providing children care with traditional influences so that they're able to tackle childhood
obesity more effectively. The main limitation of this investigation is that it depends primarily on
secondary sources and does not have primary data to verify the discussions conducted in the
investigation.
Reflection- The knowledge gained from this research will provide new information about how
to deal with cases in which the patient of childhood obesity is from ethnic minorities. The
discussion surrounding childhood obesity in various ethnic minorities provides further insight
into the factors which increases risk of obesity in children and can be used in research
surrounding the contemporary view of obesity and fat bodies.
Gillborn and et. al., 2020. Apocalyptic public health: exploring discourses of
fatness in childhood ‘obesity’policy. Journal of Education Policy, 35(1). pp.3-
22.
Summary- This study is centered around the National Child Measurement Program, which is a
government program in United Kingdom focusing on measuring body mass index of children
between the ages of four and 11, in order to identify address children with childhood obesity and
offer advice to parents so that childhood obesity can be controlled in England. This study argues
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that Fashion Child Measurement program is regressive government policy which will negatively
affect minority children instead of controlling obesity in England.
Evaluation- The critical analysis included study on the discourse of childhood obesity and
implications of national child measurement programs is conducted effectively. It is evaluated
that the study effectively highlights the cultural discourse surrounding childhood obesity and
overall future impact of policies on challenging childhood obesity in UK. Quantitative
measurement of the impact of national Child Measurement program on Patience is not provided
in this case which is a limitation as it makes it difficult to understand the current impact of the
policy on rate of childhood obesity in England.
Reflection- This is an important source as it will improve knowledge on current and future
impact of government policies on childhood obesity in England. In addition to this, it also gives
idea about the culture and discourse surrounding childhood obesity and how its impact
government policies and legislation surrounding childhood obesity control. Good
Psaltopoulou and et. al., 2019. Prevention and treatment of childhood and
adolescent obesity: a systematic review of meta-analyses. World Journal of
Pediatrics, 15(4). pp.350-381.
Summary- The main purpose of this research is to analyse the role of nutritional, physical and
behavioural activity in order to make intervention for the prevention and treatment of adolescent
and paediatric obesity. The researcher want to find out the effective the way that helps in
reducing the obesity in children and make them healthy in order to live healthy life. The research
is also highlighting the points for the prevention of childhood obesity which includes
intervention program for the parents, decreasing caloric intake, increasing exercise as well as
decreasing the screen time help in reducing the obesity from the children.
Evaluation- After evaluating this research, it is find out that this research is helpful in find out
that the combination of improved nutrition and physical activity helps in fighting the obesity in
childhood or adolescent in all over the world. But this research is failed in finding the ethical
standard in order to improve obesity in childhood and create compliances for get prevention from
it.
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Reflection- According to this research, it is has been analysed that this research plays a
significant role in decreasing the obesity in childhood and makes children to live very healthy
life. The research describes that the parents can focus on nutritional and physical activities in
order to improve or prevent children from obesity and help them to give their best in their other
performance. As these activities is also helpful in solving the obesity in adult also.
Wang and et. al., 2020. Beneficial effects of ginger on prevention of obesity
through modulation of gut microbiota in mice. European journal of
nutrition, 59(2). pp.699-718.
Summary- The purpose of this research is to find out the effective way that help in treating the
obesity and other metabolic dysfunctions. This research find out that the ginger is one of the
most effective spices as well as dietary supplements that are beneficial in treating the obesity as
well as related disorders in people. The researcher uses various of quantitative data in order to
find out that ginger is helpful in treating the obesity.
Evaluation- After evaluating this research, it is analysed that ginger supplementation provides
the therapeutic effects in the obesity in mice. The research describes that ginger contain gut
microbiota which is plays important role in the absorption of nutrients and energy. The use of
quantitative data in this researcher creates difficulty in setting up a research model and form
misleading the relevant information in this research.
Reflection- As per this research, it is analysed that ginger is very helpful spices in order to
prevent obesity from the people. As the obesity is increasing people rapidly and ginger is an
effective spices that can easily be found which makes easier in order to make prevention from
obesity and other related disorders in the people. The use of quantitative data in this research is
helpful in analysing that ginger supplements contain gut microbiota in order to treat obesity
effectively.
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Williams and et. Al., 2018. Socioeconomic status and other factors associated
with childhood obesity. The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine, 31(4). pp.514-521.
Summary- This study utilizes secondary data analysis of early childhood longitudinal birth
cohort in order to identify socioeconomic factors which influence risk factors associated with
childhood obesity. The conclusion of this study is that factors such as printer smoking, birth
weight and eating dinner increase risk of childhood obesity and changing lifestyle patterns can
lead reduction in childhood obesity.
Evaluation- It is evaluated that the early childhood longitudinal birth cohort data used in this
investigation makes it more reliable as it is gained from government resources the primary
limitation of this research is that it only focuses on American population.
Reflection- This is beneficial study for personal knowledge as it provides numerical data about
social factors which influence childhood obesity. In addition to this the knowledge about impact
of traditional environment and cultural care on children from ethnic minorities can also be used
to enhance quality of research on the topic of obesity and fat bodies. Finally the focus on lifestyle
choice relation with childhood obesity can also help look into the perceptions of fat bodies and
obesity in current society. This is because fat bodies and obesity are associated with specific
lifestyles.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Chatham, R.E. and Mixer, S.J., 2020. Cultural influences on childhood obesity in ethnic
minorities: a qualitative systematic review. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 31(1).
pp.87-99.
Gillborn and et. al., 2020. Apocalyptic public health: exploring discourses of fatness in
childhood ‘obesity’policy. Journal of Education Policy, 35(1). pp.3-22.
Psaltopoulou and et. al., 2019. Prevention and treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity: a
systematic review of meta-analyses. World Journal of Pediatrics, 15(4). pp.350-381.
Wang and et. al., 2020. Beneficial effects of ginger on prevention of obesity through modulation
of gut microbiota in mice. European journal of nutrition, 59(2). pp.699-718.
Williams and et. al., 2018. Socioeconomic status and other factors associated with childhood
obesity. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 31(4). pp.514-521.
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