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Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care

   

Added on  2023-04-04

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Task 3
Contemporary issues in health and
social care
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pecific issues related to health and social care
Obesity: This means that a state of being overweight or fat. Its a
very common problem in UK, around one in every four adults
and round one in every five children aged between 10-12 are
obese (Scanfeld, Scanfeld and Larson, 2010). Obesity means
your Body mass index (BMI), is in between 30-39.
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Cont...
Cause of Obesity: This is caused by the imbalanced between
energy consumed and energy expenditure.
• Energy consumed means the energy which we are taking in
through eating, and energy consumed means the energy what
is used by the body.
• Obesity is due to consuming fatty and sugary foods.
Risk of Obesity: Obesity can cause some serious and life
threatening conditions such as diabetes, heart diseases, some
cancer and strokes as well.
• Obesity can reduce the life expectancy of individuals.
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UK, obesity rate
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