Literature review on obesity

This literature review on obesity describes the factors that increase the problem of obesity or overweight and the prevention methods for obesity or overweight and their socio-demographic key elements that increase the problem of obesity in Myanmar. The author used a mixed method approach that involves both quantitative and qualitative research theory. The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity and their related sociodemographic and lifestyle factors among adult women in Myanmar, 2015-16 is discussed in this article.

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Literature review on obesity
The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity and their related socio-
demographic and lifestyle factors among adult women in Myanmar, 2015-16
This article was written by the Seo Ah Hong, Karl Peltzer, Kyi Tun Lwin1, and La Seng
Aung in the year 2017. According to the author, obesity is a very serious problem
worldwide which is increasing very fast. In this article, Seo Ah Hong defined the concept
of obesity and factors that increase the obesity and overweight problem.
Author’s motivation/aim
The main aim of this research article is to describe the prevention methods for obesity
or overweight and their socio-demographic key elements that increase the problem of
obesity in Myanmar.
Research objectives
Obesity is defined as a health disorder in which an individual has excess body fat and it
is a very serious problem for any country. According to this journal paper, the rate of
underweight people has reduced from 14.6% to 9.7% but the rate of obesity of
overweight has improved from 6% to 14% between 1975 and 2014 (Cobb, et al., 2016).
There are many research objectives of this research paper which are described below:
 To identify the main factors that increase the issue of obesity or overweight
 To describe and analyze the concept of obesity and the role of BMI in the area of
obesity
 To gather knowledge in the sector of obesity health disease and discuss the steps
or process to reduce this kind of health issue
Literature approach/theory
In this journal, article author used a mixed method approach that involves both
quantitative and qualitative research theory (Cornelis, et al., 2014). In the qualitative
research process, the information has collected from the people and literature review in
order to understand their opinion on the topic of obesity. They observed that the
problem of obesity has increased by 29% in the year 2015 and the main reason for this

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increment is lack of exercise. The writer used a survey-based approach to gather the
relevant data or information from individuals and experts to understand the
fundamental concept of obesity. In the quantitative research data is collected from the
journal paper, and online websites and it is estimated that in the year 2013 around 3
million people were diagnosed by overweight or obesity (Forman, et al., 2016).
Themes/categories are the Literature
For better understanding, the author used a survey based process and they identified
that this kind of problem is increasing whose aged between 18 and 24 years because
they do not follow any healthy diets and exercise. BMI is one of the best methods for
finding the overweight and obesity which is used by many healthcare providers to
define the category of any person. In which a person that has less than 18.5 Kg/m2 BMI
which is called as underweight and who has above 23 Kg.m2 that considered in the
overweight category (Flegal, et al., 2014). If the BMI of any person has more than 27.5
Kg/m2 then he is considered as obese and the author described the complete
information about BMI and obesity. In this article there are around 30 resources has
been used by the authors to gather relevant information about the research topic. In
which almost 50% of other journal articles are used in this journal and 30% of online
websites and 20% of textbooks are used by the author during the investigation. There
are many other authors quoted in this paper, for example, Peltzer, Chan, Chang, and
Zhang.
Gaps in existing Literature/Theory
In the last few investigations on the obesity or overweight, there are several research
gap identified like lack of data or information, less in-depth analysis, and most of the
researchers used only qualitative data analysis. All these are the research gap in
previous literature reviews which are avoided in this journal paper and writer used
both primary and secondary data approach to collect and compare the statistical data
about obesity between 2000 and 2016. The main benefit of this paper is that readers
can enhance their knowledge in the field of obesity and they can avoid this type of
disease by adopting health programmes. But there are few drawbacks of this research
paper such as the author did not explain the prevalence methods for obesity, they
provide statistical data about obesity but did not co-relate with past data and the author

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did not conduct an interview or questionnaire to collect the views of other people
(Hong, et al., 2016).
In this journal, paper authors used almost 40% of other resources such as online
websites, peer-reviewed papers, and other healthcare reports. World health
organization provided an annual report on obesity and the writer collected data or
information from the WHO and NHS website.
Data collection methods used in this paper
In this article researcher used both primary and secondary types of methods to collect
data. The primary data is collected from the survey and interview conducted with the
health care providers to understand the importance of healthy diets and exercise for the
prevention of obesity (Lustig, et al., 2016). There are numbers of experts participants in
this survey and they provided their views on the topic of obesity. The secondary data is
collected from various resources for example journal articles, research papers, online
websites and books. In this paper, the primary data is collected through a survey which
is transferred to the experts or participants. By using both data process the researcher
can gather all the information about obesity and readers can understand the
fundamental concept of overweight or obesity disease. The predominance of
underweight was 14.1%, overweight 28.1% also, corpulence 13.1% (Ogden, et al.,
2015). Among extraordinary age gatherings, the predominance of underweight was the
most elevated among 18 to 29 year- olds (20.2%), while overweight or on the other
hand corpulence was the most elevated in the age gathering 30 to 49 a long time
(around half). In multinomial calculated relapse, being 30 to 49 a long time old, poorer
also, more extravagant riches status, living in all the other districts of Myanmar also,
ever preventative utilize were conversely also, current tobacco utilize, not working also,
having less than two kids ever conceived were emphatically related with underweight
relative to typical weight (Roberts‐Toler, O'Neill, and Cypess, 2015).
Research design
A mixed research configuration is received in this exploration which incorporates the
characteristics of both quantitative and qualitative structure. In qualitative research
structure, the data will be gathered from individuals with the end goal to comprehend

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their perspectives on the point obesity or overweight. A study is directed to gather
information from individuals and specialists to comprehend their perspectives on the
concept of obesity and how this type of health disorder is growing. The assessed
dependent on the overview will help the specialist in accomplishing the target of the
examination while clinging to the time allotment.
In this research paper, a secondary data analysis approach is used and the author
collected data from various websites, like WHO and NHS, from previous investigation
and other books. According to the writer around 1.2 million people were diagnosed in
which 60% individuals were female aged between 15 and 49 years and 40% people
were adults aged between 18 and 24 years. Expressive measurements were utilized to
present the un-weighted number what's more; the weighted extent of general subject
attributes what's more, result factors. Chi-square tests were utilized to recognize
contrasts in extents of the classes of the introduction by the healthful status of ladies. To
decide affiliations between socio-statistic factors, what's more, healthful status
multinomial calculated relapse tests were utilized (Roberts‐Toler, O'Neill, and Cypess,
2015).
In this examination, the information will be gathered through a review utilizing the
survey with the end goal to gather the input of open and specialists on every living
creature's common sense entitlement. This exploration configuration will enable the
scientist to gather direct and significant data with respect to the theme of the
examination. Microsoft Word will be utilized to set up the survey for the exploration
( Hong, Peltzer, and Lwin, 2018). Members of the examination will get the poll through
their email. A writing audit will be directly founded on optional assets which
incorporate books, diaries, and other on the web and disconnected assets. The
hypothetical data with respect to the subject will be gathered through the writing
survey, and the poll will help the analyst in gathering essential information. By utilizing
both of these methods, the specialist will have the capacity to gather the pertinent
information for the theme and come to a substantial and moral result.
In this research, the researcher has used as a probability sampling procedure since the
topic of the study is subjective in nature (Hong, Peltzer, and Lwin, 2018). The random
data sampling method is used by the researcher to collect the data on a random basis

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which will reduce the risk of biases in the research. The method of non-probability
sampling method is avoided by the researcher during the research to ensure that biases
did not result in influencing the outcome of the research. The questionnaire for this
research has been sent to 50 individuals that include some experts who have experience
in the topic. The questionnaire will assist in collecting the information on the topic by
evaluating different opinions of individuals and experts on the topic.

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