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Report on Issues of Obesity and Various Strategies

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Literature Review.............................................................................................................................1Reflection.........................................................................................................................................5CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTIONGlobal public health can be considered as the concerns regarding the health of the peoplein a specific area or the whole country. It can also be termed as a study for improving andachieving equity of health for all the people across the world (Han, Lawlor and Kimm, 2010).Although, there are various global health problems being faced by the people of UK, but obesityis termed as one of the major issues rising in the population of UK and its various causes,including high blood pressure, heart attacks and deaths as well. The report is about involving theidentification of the issues of obesity and various strategies that can be used to deal with it. Also,it includes some additional actors that play a very important role in providing support and help tothese people. Literature ReviewWhy the obesity is a major issue in UKAccording to Redsell and et.al (2011), although there are various health concerns withwhich the public is concerned but the people suffering from obesity is increasing day by day. Asthe global health issue in the report is taken as obesity as it is widely spreading in people of themiddle aged group as well as in children. From previous reports, it has been observed thatobesity also comes along the list of diseases which is the leading cause of death . The worldhealth organisation (WHO) has recently reported that more than 31.1 % of people have beenindicated as obese and these were having the body mass index of greater than 30. The obesityfactor may be because of various reasons such as by eating junk food etc. The obesity factor hasbeen seen in children more than in the middle aged people. It is because the children often takefast food along with the daily meals. Also, some of them are lazy enough to walk and exercise,so they sit or sleep after the intake. This helps in gaining fat, so they became obese. The topicconcerning obesity is important so that some ways can be evolved out for controlling the factorso that a range can be decreased or come to a minimum level in UK. Obesity is not just aboutgetting fat, but along with this, it also includes the risk of various diseases such as bloodpressure, various heart diseases, diabetes etc. A combination of extreme food energy and nophysical activity is the actual cause of obesity (Dinsa and et.al, 2012). The causes of inactivityare also because of the increased using of private vehicles, desk employment and more intake insugar or saturated fats.1
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