Childhood Obesity in London - Doc

What is the impact of
government strategies in checking
childhood obesity(age 5-15) in
London.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE............................................................................................1
Aims and Objectives........................................................................................................................5
Methodology and Justification....................................................................................................6
Ethical and bias issues.................................................................................................................7
Research Time Table ..................................................................................................................7
Reflection....................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Obesity is a complex human disorder which involves excessive amount of fat in the body
(Wilkie, H.J and et.al., 2018). This increases the risk of various severe health problems and also
increases the risk of disease such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease which affect
the human heath.
The government focus on making various strategic plans to reduce obesity. Children are
at a risk of disability, prone to various health problems, morbidity, risk of early mortality which
leads to higher adverse risk on the economy (Simmonds, M and et.al., 2016). The government
focus on tackling overweight and obesity by developing various strategic plans and programmes.
The key reason to explore this study is to critically analyses and understand the effects of
obesity within children aged 5-15 in London. This study will also examine and evaluate the
impact of various government strategies which is based on secondary research. The research
proposal will broadly discuss the research statement of the study which mainly highlights the
topic of the research. This study will target the set population group based on the set
demographic area. Furthermore, this study will highlight background and rationale of the study
which will help in further discussion. The research proposal of this study will also the aims and
objectives of the study in order to critically identify the core areas of the study in detail to attain
desired results and outcomes. This study will also include research methodology with proper
justification. Quantitative method of research will be used to examine the various analysis of
data. Furthermore, this study will investigate the ethical and bias issues which helps in
determining that the data used by the researcher effectively address all the ethical issues. This
study also discuss the research time table with particular time frames of start and finish of the
data. At last, this study evaluate and reflect the area of the study.
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
Obesity is a complex human disorder which involves excessive amount of fat in the body.
Presently, children’s in London are facing obesity problem at a very early age. This increases the
risk of various severe health problems and also increases the risk of disease such as diabetes,
high blood pressure and heart disease which affect the human heath. Obesity is measured on the
basis on weight, mass index and height (Stephenson, J and et.al., 2019). Obesity is a growing
concern over the specific period across the world. London has the most epidemic group of obese
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children. Children with the age group of 10-11 years are obese, which mainly comprises 19.1%
of the population. There should be development of various intervention programmes from
schools, industries, public sector, individuals and government to reduce obesity among children
in London.
The National Childhood Measurement programmes (NCMP) was used to effectively
determine the number of obese children in London. The National Childhood Measurement
programmes (NCMP) takes into consideration weight and height measurements of around 1
million children between the age group of 4-5 years and 10-11 years in various schools and
institutions of the England. It has been examined that, in the year 2017-18 around 12.8% aged
between 4-5 years are overweight and approximately 9.5% children are obese. In the year 2017-
18, approximately 20.1% people between the age group of 10-11 are obese (Nekitsing, C and
et.al., 2018). There are various government authorities who are taking action to reduce the
impact of obesity between children. Implementation of various strategies and plans helps in
reducing the childhood obesity problem and also lower the risk attached with it. It has been
examined that, if the obesity continues to increase than by the year 2050 approximately 25% of
5-15 tears of age group children in the London, UK might suffer from obesity and around 40%
from overweight. Girls with the age group between 5-7 years which comprises 23% are widely
interested in the physical activity and when they reach the age of 13-15 only 8% of the girls carry
out the physical activity. Girls are more prone to obesity because they are less involved in
physical activity than boys (Gelli, A and et.al., 2019).
Obesity is one of the major threat issues faced by the United Kingdom. It has been
established by Public Health England, By the year 2020, it has been estimated that, around half
of the children in the UK will be obese or overweight. Significantly high risk of obesity leads to
higher health risk, body image and lower self esteem. Obesity increases various health problems
which results in high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, premature deaths, etc. NHS has spent
approximately £5.1 billion a year to effectively treat the conditions related to obesity. Children
are facing obesity and the related data shows: England 25.8%; Scotland 18.0% and Wales 28.5%
(About childhood obesity, 2019). It has been examined that, 1 in every 5 children who are aged
between 10-11 years of the age are obese.
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