Obesity in Children in UK | Research
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Obesity in Children in UK | Research
Added on 2020-01-15
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3Review Objective........................................................................................................................3Methods ......................................................................................................................................3Eligibility of Articles and Article Selection................................................................................5Inclusion Criteria ........................................................................................................................5Exclusion Criteria.......................................................................................................................6Protocol for Abstract/ Title Screening.........................................................................................7Protocol for Full Text Review.....................................................................................................7Quality Analysis..........................................................................................................................8Data Extraction ..........................................................................................................................8REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTIONObesity is one of the medical condition which leads to deposition of body fat in the adiposetissues of the organs. Obesity at any age increases the chances of coronary heart diseases, type 1 and2 diabetes, insomnia and disturbed sleep, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. Generally an individual isconsidered to be obese if his/her basal metabolic index exceeds the range of 30 kg/m2. Basalmetabolic index is calculated by dividing the body weight with square of person's height in meters(Appleton and Seaborn, 2013). The main reason behind obesity and overweight children and adultis excessive intake of oily and junk food, lack of exercise and physical fitness and susceptibility tocertain genes in the body. Some exceptional cases of obesity are also caused due to endocrinedisorders, drug interactions and mental state of an individual.UK is ranked as the second highest proportion of individual suffering from obesity andoverweight under the age group of 5-13 years. Recent study suggested that more than 23% ofyoungsters in the age group of 7-12 years were reported to be overweight in UK (Druet and et.al,2012). In yet another study the basal metabolic rate of 300 students from a school was calculatedand it was reported that 56% of girls among 300 pupils were found to be obese. Overweight andobese children of UK reported that difference in dietary habits and improper daily schedules werethe reasons for there obesity (Obese or Overweight, 2016).The current research protocol on obesity in children in UK will focus on strategies whichshould be implemented to prevent obesity and overweight in early stages of life. The document willalso include information, various evidences and provisions to overcome effects of obesity inchildren.Review ObjectiveTo systematically analyse the theoretical of research based on obesity in children in UK. Theassessment will be based on documents and data collected from various sources and relevantwebsites in order to reduce the obesity prevalence rate in UK. The study will be conducted throughcohort, case control and qualitative analysis so that an array of empirical and statistical data isobtained.Methods Article IdentificationThe purpose of the ongoing research protocol will be achieved by retrieving data fromauthenticated source and publications (Ekpanyaskul, Sithisarankul and Wattanasirichaigoon, 2013).It will include books, journals, articles and online data from different sources such as Medline,PubMed, Web-MD, Bio-Med central, British healthcare and nursing index, Global health library,
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