Intervention Plan for Reducing Sugar Consumption in a 15-Year-Old Student

Case Study

CONTENTS
1. BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEM.............................................................................1
2. AIM OF TREATMENT.....................................................................................................2
3. INTERVENTION PLAN...................................................................................................2
4. MONITORING AND FOLLOW UP.................................................................................4
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................5

1. BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEM
1.1 The case is all about George who is studying in one of the schools in the local area and
is 15 years old. He is quite anxious and concerned about his weight and consumption of
sugary drink. At present he is doing GCSEs and does not want to look different from
his peer. He loves to play rugby and thus, think that he requires more energy for the
same. he eats three meals and three snacks in a day and feels hungry and due to this, the
portion size of George is quite large. Even, in a whole day he drinks around 2 litters of
soft drink and fruit juices (Gollwitzer and et.al., 2017). Moreover, he does not have a
taste of normal or plain water. He spent time with his friends who also consumes soft
drinks but they do not have health issues like him.
1.2 The public health concern being provided in the current case is related with the rising
level of sugar and increasing weight among the children between the age group 10 to 15
years. In the present time, more and more children are coming across with the issues
related to sugar and higher weight causing serious health concerns in early stages of
their life. In the given scenario, George is consuming more sugar sweetened beverages
in his diet which needs to be reduced if he does not want to stand out from his friends.
The dietary management of the public health issues explains that it is important that the
individual should make use of healthy eating resources for managing as well as
reducing the risk of developing diabetes and other sugar related issues.
1.3 In the current case, the normal pattern of eating of George is six times in a day that is
three meals and three snacks. Additionally, he also feels very hungry so he keeps his
portion very large and include 2 litters of soft drink in his diet. He eats regularly and
never skips his meal and also have fruit juices during the day. In the case, it has been
mentioned that as he plays rugby, he drinks more juices as he thinks that sugary drink
will offer him more energy he requires to play (DiNicolantonio, O’Keefe and Wilson,
2017). Eating habits and patterns of George is majorly influenced by his lifestyle as he
most of the hangouts with his friends and thus, intake more fast food as compared to
when he stays with family. Further, his psychology that sugary drink will give him
energy to play is also impacting his eating patterns.
1.4 A psychological theory is being referred as the fact-based notion which explains the
phenomenon of behaviour of humans. There are different psychological theories,
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