Impact of Obesity Among Young People in the UK: Notion, Causes, Risk Factors, and Interventions

RESEARCH METHODS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
RATIONALE FOR THE RESEARCH...........................................................................................1
RESEARCH AIM............................................................................................................................1
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE..............................................................................................................1
RESEARCH QUESTION................................................................................................................2
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................2
Notion of obesity among young people in the UK.................................................................2
Causes, risk factor and effect of obesity among young people in the UK.............................3
Intervention for obesity..........................................................................................................5
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Obesity is defined as complex and progressive disease which may usually involve an
excessive amount of body fat. In addition to this, the obesity is also not just matter is related with
the cosmetic concern. It is show the medical problem or issue that enhance the risk of other
disease and health issue such as heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure which is also
called as hypertension. Therefore, it also shows the aspect which may help to provide the factor
and approach that is related with the certain cancer. There are number of reason which is
showing that some of people difficulty that is losing weight, usually, obesity show the result
from inherited, physiological and environmental factor that is combined with the diet, physical
activity and showing choice of exercise. In this report, the major of discussion is based on the
obesity among young people. The research work carries specific concept, impact and
intervention studies in the literature review with proper method that include approach, choice,
database, search strategy and inclusion and exclusion criteria (Alpert and et. al., 2018).
RATIONALE FOR THE RESEARCH
The rationale for the research is showing professional and personal development as per topic
that is obesity among young people. The obesity among young people is used to face the issue on
the various level such as bullying, harassment and various disease. Therefore, while conducting
the research appropriate knowledge are used to develop that focus on the topic. The knowledge
helps to provide the better understanding that is related with the topic which foster professional
and personal growth. The professional development is usually taken because the topic is related
with health and social care. In addition, the knowledge that is related with the professional level
useful for course and within placement services. In addition, the personal growth and
development is also requiring for providing support to their friends, families and other relative
who is dealing with obesity in young age (An, 2018).
RESEARCH AIM
To understand the impact of obesity among young people in the UK.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE
 To analyse the notion of obesity among young people in the UK
 To evaluate the causes, risk factor and effect of obesity among young people in the UK.
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 To examine the ways and intervention used to reduce the negative effect of obesity
among young people in the UK.
RESEARCH QUESTION
 What are the notion of obesity among young people in the UK?
 What are the causes, risk factor and effect of obesity among young people in the UK?
 What are the ways and intervention used to reduce the negative effect of obesity among
young people in the UK?
LITERATURE REVIEW
Notion of obesity among young people in the UK
According to the frame of reference of Rebecca Rees, Kathryn Oliver, Jenny Woodman
& James Thomas, the prevalence of obesity & overweight among young women or men remains
regularly high over the time period of 2004 to 2008 in UK (Stefanova and et. al., 2020). In
between this time period, round about one third of young men and women are felt a higher body
weight as compare to the healthy range. By the perspective of them, future of young people is
badly affected by the condition f obesity. An increment in weight over the healthy criteria give
out to an enhanced risk of diabetes, cancer, asthma, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis,
rheumatic disease and different respiratory illness. In young women, it creates a chances of risk
of anxiety or depression disorders in early or adult age. In UK, there are three themes areas,
which are related to the view point of young people as like:
1. General perceptions for various body size and responses of society to that perceptions.
Perceptions which are generally added in the moral terms, this is on your conscience all
the time (Pradeepkumar and Goruntla, 2020).
2. Beliefs of overweight young people in terms of influences on body size and experiences
regarding to their body size that if I would not be like this, it I had the choice.
3. Experiences of overweight young people of trying to reduce and maintain weight.
By the viewpoint of Int J Surg Oncol (N Y), Obesity is an over accumulation of fat in
body, which is usually more than 20% to the normal body weight. In 1990, obesity officially
classified as a disorder and describe as body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or more, it is the type of
chronic diseases. People working in unskilled manual profession are at risk of morbidity due to
obesity in comparison of those who are professional employee (Pechey and et.al., 2019). It is
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