Evaluation of Obesity - Childhood Obesity

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New Zealand Childhood
Obesity program

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1. Executive summary
Childhood obesity is one of the leading health problems that have the
potential to produce diabetes and other disorders in children. In this
generation, more than 56% of the children and adults are suffering from
early signs of obesity. In order to manage the rate of obesity, New Zealand
developed and implemented a Childhood obesity program in the year 2015.
This paper focuses on the Childhood Obesity Program and evaluates the
significance of this program in the relation of obesity. It is found that B4
School Check is an effective program implemented by New Zealand
Childhood Obesity Plan that helped to manage obesity in children and
promoted healthy diets and physical activities in the schools. Therefore, it is
suggested the Childhood Obesity Program should include effective
approaches and involve reliable initiatives for addressing the problem of
obesity.

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Table of Contents
2. Introduction or background of the program...........................................................3
3. Evaluation of the childhood obesity program.........................................................4
3.1 Purpose............................................................................................................. 4
3.2 Clarity................................................................................................................ 6
3.3 Accuracy of evaluation...................................................................................... 7
3.4 Insights.............................................................................................................. 8
3.5 Significance of findings..................................................................................... 8
3.6 Summary........................................................................................................... 8
4. Recommendations.................................................................................................. 8
5. Conclusion.............................................................................................................. 9
6. References........................................................................................................... 10

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2. Introduction or background of the program
Childhood obesity is a serious situation that impacts on adolescents
and children. It is defined as a health disorder which is mainly occurred in
children due to excessive weight of body fat. Childhood obesity has the
potential to increase the risk of other disorders including diabetes, heart
disorder, larger blood pressure, and cancer-related problems. Boutelle, et
al., (2017) examined that childhood obesity results from a combination of
inherited elements, private diet, and exercise selection. In the last five
years, the rate of childhood obesity has increased by 45% due to a lack of
exercise and involvement of unhealthy foods in the dietary plans.
There are major four stages where obesity problem can be evaluated
through body mass index (BMI) including below 18.5 BMI indicates
underweight, below 24 BMI shows the normal condition, between 25 and 29
represents overweight and above 30 BMI shows obesity. Therefore, it is
reported that if any children have above 30 BMI that means he/she is
suffering from obesity. It is estimated that in the year 2020 the rate of
childhood obesity will be increased by 37% and more than 50 million
consumers will be affected (Francis, Mannino, & Rollins, 2018). For
addressing the problem of childhood obesity, New Zealand developed and
implemented a childhood obesity program in the year 2015. From below
figure it is found that in year 2011/12 more than 50% of the children
watched TV more than two hours that affected the health of consumers.
However, childhood obesity program helped to manage this problem and
reduced the rate by 10% in year 2015/16.
Figure: Percentage of children who usually watch two or more hours
of television