Impact of Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Health Determinants on Obesity in Australia

Running head: NATIONAL HEALTH PRIORITY
National health priority
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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................2
Brief overview of obesity:...............................................................................................................2
Impact of the modifiable determinants:...........................................................................................3
Impact of non-modifiable health determinants:...............................................................................4
Impact on future determinants of health:.........................................................................................4
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................5
References:......................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction:
It has to be mentioned that obesity of one of the greatest health priorities in the present
day scenario. Considering the Australian demographics into consideration, it has to be mentioned
that obesity is easily considered as one of the epidemics (Huse et al. 2018). Modifiable health
determinants are the element that can be changed or can be controlled to some extent. The non-
modifiable determinants of health are the factors affecting the health of an individual which
cannot be changed or controlled. This assignment will attempt to discuss the impact of the
modifiable and non modifiable health determinants of the obesity condition of Australia and how
it can impact the future determinants of health in general.
Brief overview of obesity:
Obesity can be defined as one of the most impactful burdens on the health of the different
nations and along with that it has to be mentioned that for the Australia, the burden of the obesity
is extremely high. On a more elaborative note, it has to be mentioned that Australia has to be
accounted for as the nation with the third highest prevalence of overweight adults among the first
nation world. According to the recent Walls et al. (2012), it has to be mentioned that the recent
statistics state the obesity statistics from the year of 2003 has more than doubled in two decades
that has past. And even after the different national recommendations and programs that has been
followed, the obesity statistics of the nation has not improved in the even fractionally.
Considering the pathophysiology behind the disease, it has to be mentioned that the most
important factor is the lifestyle habits and dietary pattern of the population (Ogden et al. 2012).