HEALTH CITIES AND URBAN COMMUNITIES.

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Table of Contents
1.0 Executive Summary...................................................................................................................3
2.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................3
2.0.1 Location and Government..................................................................................................3
2.0.2 Statistical and Demographic information...........................................................................4
2.0.3 Age and Life expectancy....................................................................................................4
2.0.4 Co-morbidities of Obesity..................................................................................................5
2.0.4.1 Diabetes.......................................................................................................................6
2.0.4.2 Psychological Distress.................................................................................................6
2.0.4.3 Other Co-morbidities...................................................................................................6
2.0.5 Purpose of the report...........................................................................................................6
3.0 Health Issue: Obesity.................................................................................................................7
3.1 Affected Group......................................................................................................................7
3.2 Demographic data..................................................................................................................7
3.3 Reason for selecting young and adults (24-45 years) as affected group...............................9
3.4 Determinants of Health..........................................................................................................9
3.4.1 Social Determinants........................................................................................................9
3.5.2 Environmental Determinants........................................................................................11
4.0 Healthy Setting Approach and Recommendations..................................................................12

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4.1 Healthy setting approach.....................................................................................................12
4.2 Recommendations................................................................................................................13
4.2.1 Taxation on Sugary Beverages and foods....................................................................13
4.2.2 Empowerment...............................................................................................................14
5.0 Conclusion...............................................................................................................................16
References......................................................................................................................................18

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1.0 Executive Summary
Moreland city is comprised of 51 square Kilometre area of Melbourne. Moreland
population has been counted up to 162,558 approximately as per the Australian Bureau of
Statistics census of 2016. The aim of this assignment is to develop the idea about the obesity and
the Co-morbidities of obesity as well. The focus of the obesity and the effects of obesity can be
identified in the Moreland city population. The factors affecting the health condition of the
people of this community would be assessed along with the effect of obesity as well. On this
context the findings would be used for the development of the recommendation of better health
outcome plans. The plans would be used for the betterment of the health condition of the
community and also providing sustainable ways that can help the procedure of the health care
and also reducing the amount of obesity of the Moreland people. It has been found by the
assessment that the community is comprised of 43 per cent obese people and developing a
number of chronic disease including cancer and diabetes. The factor of the socio-economic
structure and the lack of health literacy are the primary causes of the obesity development among
the people. The recommended plans for sustaining against this condition are hike in taxation for
the sugary food and beverages and also BMI tool implementation with empowerment for the
people of the community.
2.0 Introduction
2.0.1 Location and Government
Moreland city is located in Melbourne and it is a local government area. It has been
established in the year 1994. This is city is comprised of 51 square Kilometre area of Melbourne.
Moreland city can be found comprised with 16 suburbs (Moreland.vic.gov.au, 2019). Mayor of

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this city is Natalie Abboud. The city is found under the governance of the Victorian state
legislation and under the Moreland Municipal City Council (Moreland.vic.gov.au, 2019).
2.0.2 Statistical and Demographic information
Moreland population has been counted up to 162,558 approximately as per the Australian
Bureau of Statistics census of 2016 (Quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au, 2019). Among these
79,507 people are male that is 48.9 per cent and 83,051 are female which is 51.1 per cent of the
total population. Moreover, 815 people are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people who
comprise 0.5 per cent of the total population (Quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au, 2019). Total
number of families in the city is 40,056 and count of children per family is 1.8 per cent
(Quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au, 2019).
2.0.3 Age and Life expectancy
Moreland city population comprises of different age range. Among the total population
children aged 0 to 4 years are 10,264 that is 6.3 per cent, adults aged 25 to 29 years are 17,930
that is 11 per cent, mid aged people that is 5 to 49 years are comprised of 10,274 that is 6.3 per
cent of total population and elderly people of 85 years or above are comprising of 4,311 which is
2.7 per cent of total population (Quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au, 2019). The median age of the
population is 34 and the life expectancy rate of the community for males is 78.6 years, and for
females, it is 84.2 years (Www2.health.vic.gov.au, 2019).
Age 0-4 years 25-29 years 45-49 years 85 years and
over
Population
(number)
10,264 17,930 10,274 4,311
Table 1: Age Based Population of Moreland

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Source: (Quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au, 2019)
Education Pre-school Year 9 or
below
Advanced
diploma
Bachelor
degree or
above
Population
(Number)
2,499 10559 11,425 45,881
Table 2: Education of Moreland Population
Source: (Quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au, 2019)
Employment Full-time Part-time Away from
work
Unemployed
Population
(Number)
50,039 26,309 4,004 5,915
Table 3: Employment of Moreland People
Source: (Quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au, 2019)
2.0.4 Co-morbidities of Obesity
The co-morbidities include type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and stroke and colon
cancer. All these diseases can be classified as chronic diseases.