Childhood Obesity in Hammersmith and Fulham: Determinants, Intervention and Stakeholder Engagement

Childhood Obesity in
Hammersmith and Fulham

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Describing the concept of childhood obesity in Hammersmith and Fulham...............................3
Determinants of childhood obesity..............................................................................................4
Describing the childhood obesity in behavioural terms..............................................................5
Analysing the needs that should be changed...............................................................................5
Identifying the ways to intervene, designing of intervention along with including ethical
consideration................................................................................................................................6
Stakeholder engagement, resources and inputs required.............................................................7
Evaluation measures....................................................................................................................9
Action plan.................................................................................................................................10
CONLUSION................................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
Obesity refers to the excessive gain of weight in people. Currently, this has become one
of the major public health issue in children. The ratio of obesity in children is increasing on a
high note. It has been increased up-to that extent where it has started impacting the physical and
mental health of the children as well (Lanigan, Tee and Brandreth, 2019). Obesity develops
another health issues in children and assures impact on the over-all health of the children. Thus,
this health issue needs to be taken in consideration so, the proper intervention and awareness can
be evaluated for children. The current study revolves around the analysation of childhood obesity
in Hammersmith and Fulham.
Also, the report will highlight the major determinants of the selected public health issue
and the issue will be described in the behavioural terms as well. The mandatory needs that are
needed to be change will be also mentioned in the report. Along with this, interventions will be
made within inclusion of ethical consideration. Moreover, stakeholders engagement will be
identified along with the resources and input that are required. The report will show the
evaluation measures as well. Lastly, action plan will be made in context of Obesity in children in
Hammersmith and Fulham.
MAIN BODY
Describing the concept of childhood obesity in Hammersmith and Fulham.
Childhood obesity is concerned with the situation in which the children have excessive
weight in their body. It has been found from various studies that, in Hammersmith and Fulham,
approx 37.6% of the children are facing the obesity as a health issue. Childhood obesity in
Hammersmith and Fulham is presenting the major challenges in the growth procedure of the
children London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, 2018. It is creating the situation of poor
health ability in children. Also, it is impacting the mental well-being of the children as this leads
to generate the low self-esteem, anxiety and depression in the children (Caprio, Santoro and
Weiss, 2020). Thus, it has been clearly stated that, Childhood obesity in Hammersmith and
Fulham is impacting the mental and physical health f the children and often reducing their self-
esteem and hindering their growth procedure. Hence, it has become one of the serious health
issue in Hammersmith and Fulham. As the children are in their growing age and in this age if
they face such kind of issues then their further development gets impacted in negative manner.

Therefore, childhood obesity has become the complex cause of web and requires a systematic
approach that leads to tackle the situation in Hammersmith and Fulham.
Determinants of childhood obesity
Gaining of weight leads to create an imbalance among energy input and the energy
output. It is important to analyse the determinants that leads to create the imbalance of energy in
children within creating obesity There are various determinants of childhood obesity and those
are:
Diet- Food environment of the children plays vital role in deciding the health of children. Parents
are accountable for selecting the proper diet for kids. However, when children started growing
their preference is attracted towards the unhealthy food that contains the saturated fat, carbonated
beverages, refined carbohydrates and so on elements (Thomas, Round and Longlands, 2020).
Thus, this attributes contributes in the gain of weight in the children. The unhealthy diet of
children in Hammersmith and Fulham is one of the major determinant of childhood obesity.
Therefore, a keen focus is required to maintain over this so, the diet of the children can be review
in healthy manner.
Physical activity- The pattern of the activities has been shifted from the outdoor to indoor pattern
and this has become the vital issue at current. As the children are spending their most of the time
at home instead of playing at outdoor. As a result, the extent of physical activeness in children
has been reduced and this is impacting the health of the children and creating obesity in them.
Furthermore, children in Hammersmith and Fulham are spending their most of the time in using
Smart phones at the home and this is creating drastic effect in physical health of the children.
Thus, it has been considered as the determinant of obesity and needs to be tackle.
Socio-economic status- There is relationship exist among the weight gain in children and socio-
economic status. The children who are from poor families gets the poor diet on the other hand,
children that are from rich families are entitled to have junk food that contributes in their weight
gain. Findings shown that, in terms of socio-economic developing Hammersmith and Fulham has
been proven effective enough and this indicates that, most of the population at that place is from
the richer section (Liao and et.al., 2019). The children of the families are spending time in using
phone and eating unhealthy foods and facing the obesity.
Tradition and cultural belief- The people are concerned with the belief that derives from their
culture and that is, gaining of weight is baby fat that automatically go away when the child