Childhood obesity has become the most concerning issue

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Childhood obesity has become the most concerning issue of the current time.
The action plan is needed to prevent childhood obesity in rural Queensland.
For developing the action plan, the adverse impact of childhood obesity is
crucial to identify. The impact of childhood obesity, key areas to make
changes, and action plan are mentioned below.
Part A: Impact of Childhood Obesity at the Level of
Individual, Community and Population
According to the 2016 census, the ratio of Aboriginal and Torres Islander
children in the rural island is 4.0% (Queensland Government Statistician’s
Office, 2016). In the recent five years, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander residents of Queensland rural area ratio has been increased to 19.7%
(30,658) (Sherriff et al., 2019). The growing proportion of aboriginal and
Torres strait islander is adversely impacting the health conditions of the
general population and the children’s as well.
The ever increasing ratio is developing economic issue to meet the
necessities of the population, and the most prevalent issue which has been
observed in childhood obesity. Childhood obesity is very prevalent among
Aboriginal and Terror Strait Australian Children living in rural Queensland
(Thurber, Dobbins, Neeman, Banwell, & Banks, 2017). In particular, the
burden of disproportionate morbidity and mortality are very common among
obsess children’s of rural Queen land (Phillips, Morrell, Taylor, Daniels,
2014).
In 2012 to 2013 the one-third of Aboriginal and Strait Islander child (age
range 12-14) estimated to be overweight (Phillips, Morrell, Taylor, &
Daniels, 2014: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013). The impact of
childhood obesity is alarming for physical, emotional, psychological and
social life (Schwarzman et al., 2019). The physical impact of childhood
obesity liked to develop type 2 diabetes. It adversely affects the life
expectancy of the child for up to 27 years. Childhood obesity adversely
affects the emotional well-being of the child, and they start to display
inappropriate emotion in a diverse situation.
The recent researches have demonstrated the positive correlation between
childhood obesity and emotional problems (Phillips, Morrell, Taylor, &
Daniels, 2014). The psychological impact of physical obesity includes low
self-esteem, negative self-concept, and anxiety and body dysmorphic
symptoms. The literature suggested that childhood obesity is positivity
associated with the psychological disturbance, which may deteriorate the
personal, social and occupational life of the children (Schwarzman et al.,
2019).
The social impact of childhood obesity adversely affect the occupational
functioning of the child as further leads to isolation and leads to much
antisocial behaviour (Chung et al., 2016). Therefore for the emotional,
psychological, and behavioural well-being of the children, their physical
fitness is crucial.
The socio-economic factors determine the prospect of any area. The lack of
nutrients and medical facilities leads to poor health and low life expectancy
(Sherriff et al., 2019). The environment of rural Queensland poses lack of
health and nutrient facility. These deprivation are leading to childhood
obesity and related issues. The Aboriginal and terror strait island child
experience substantial hurdles if rural Queensland. Therefore there is dire
need to devise a plan for changing the alarming current condition.
Childhood Obesity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in
Rural Queensland
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Part B: Key Areas Where Change can be made to
Reduce the Impact of Health Issues
The risk factor for childhood obesity can be seen in three clusters such as
biological, socio-economic and behavioural. Firstly, according to the
biological perspective, obesity has some predisposed effect. According to
researches, obsess parents are more at risk of having obese children’s
compared to slim ones. Secondly, as mentioned earlier, Childhood obesity
is interlinked with the poor socio-economic condition of children living in
rural Queensland. The food and health care deprivation among children’s
of rural areas are the primary determinants of childhood obesity.
According to recent data, the proportion of childhood obesity is
significantly correlated with disadvantages background (Schwarzman et
al., 2019). The lack of adequate socio-economic facilities leads to
childhood obesity.
As the rural areas lack the medical and nutrients facilities, therefore,
children with low socio-economic status buy cheap and unhealthy foods
(Kim et al., 2017). Furthermore, the lack of adequate medical facilities
also contributes to developing health-related issues. The two main areas
which have been identifying to make change are unhealthy food leads and
lack of medical facilities in rural areas of Queensland. Thirdly, unhealthy
behaviours are also very strong determents of childhood obesity
(Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018).
The children often commit unhealthy behaviour due to inadequate rural
environment. Therefore, the prevention of childhood obesity is essential
by making changes in these areas. The change in reducing childhood
obesity can be made by following a few steps. Initially, childhood obesity
can be curbed among children of rural areas of queen land through
policymaking, considering the social-economic context. The Government
should take collaborative steps with the Aboriginal community for
reducing nutrition deficiency and other related health issues. More actions
should be taken to promote the Minjilang Health and Nutrition Project
(Northern Territory; 1989-199029) in rural Queensland for the aboriginal
and terror islander children (Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2016). The
Government should facilitate the peoples of rural Queen land with basic
health care measures. There is dire need to hire more health care staff,
funding aids, and workforce training in rural areas so that childhood
obesity can be control. Furthermore, another is that needs attention to
children behaviour. The children’s are indulged in the poor behavioural
chain of food intake and routine habit.
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In order to break their food intake and unhealthy health habit chain, health
equality policies should be promoted (Guzys, Brown, Halcomb, &
Whitehead, 2017). The aboriginal and terror island children do not get equal,
housing, medical, education and social facilities. Unequal rights lead to
unhygienic or unhealthy behaviour.
The implication of the Looma Healthy Lifestyle Project (Western Australia;
initiated in 1993 and still ongoing) is needed for childhood obesity
prevention (Schwarzman et al., 2019). The obesity itself is not that
dangerous, but a risk factor for causing multiple deadly diseases. Therefore
the prevention programs are essential to developing.
Part C: Action plans to Address the Health Issues
The best nursing practice is primarily associated with promoting health and
fabric in the community as the current issue of childhood obesity in rural
Queensland is very prevalent (Queensland Government Statistician’s Office,
2016). Here the role of a registered nurse is very crucial to develop health-
related behaviour to prevalent the proportion of childhood obesity. The health
promotion empowers the infected individual, family and community to
develop insight by educating and developing skill to combat against disease
(Edelman, Mandle, & Kudzma, 2014). The targeted area that needs change to
overcome obesity in rural Queensland is health-related behaviour. The obsess
children of rural areas found to be indulged in health risk behaviour such as
cheap and malnutrient foods, improper daily routine, unhygienic habits and
residential issues (Fleming & Parker, 2019). The issues should be resolve at
border spectrum as Government and policymaker should invest their time
and expenditures to improve the condition of the children’s. The Government
and policymakers would indulge in this action plan and informed about the
necessities of the medical staff, financial aid, funding and other related
things. As far as the action plan for the nursing perspective is concerned, by
taking multiple steps the childhood obesity can be control.
The very first step of an action plan for the promotion of health and the
prevention of childhood obesity is the regular assessment of the children. The
assessment includes diet, sedentary behaviours and physical activity. The
second step is the assessment of family environment such as parenting,
acceptance, rejection, and quality time etc. The obtained information from
this initial assessment would provide sufficient details to design an
intervention plan for the children. On the basis of these assessments, it can be
concluded that intervention should be universally applied or individually.
What population should be targeted, such as children, parents, caregivers,
teachers and neighbours? In the current issue of obesity, children will be
asses on a regular basis for identifying their health habits, including
nutrients, sedentary lifestyles, and physical activity. The cheap and unhealthy
food and lack of physical activity will be reduced following behaviour
modification technique.
The children will be educated through stories, video clips and other
interesting activities about how malnutirents food and lack of health
activities leads to childhood obesity. The parents or caretaker of the
children’s would also be psycho-educate about unhealthy health habits and
would assist in developing health-related behaviour to prevent obesity
among children’s. The effectivity of the action plan would be assessed
through post-assessment. This action plan would help in controlling the
obesity issues in rural Queensland.
Conclusion
The childhood obesity has arisen to an alarming extent in rural Queensland,
but with appropriate aid and action plan, the issue can be controlled.
Further longitudinal researchers, case studies and systematic reviews are
crucial to conducting for the identification of the latest epidemiological
issues so that more intervention plan can be designed.
Introduction
(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing Services Plan,
2018–2023)
(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing Services Plan, 2018–2023).