Obesity Prevention Advocacy Among Youths Power Point Presentation 2022

OBESITY PREVENTION
ADVOCACY AMONG
YOUTHS

Obesity Indicators
 Area specificity
 Lack of facilities
 Lack of physical activity among
the people (Indigenous vs non-
indigenous)
 Health status

Effect of indicators on Obesity
 According to the study of Thurber et al.
(2018), it is reported that due to location
specificity, more numbers of Aboriginal
people are having obesity (39% of total
population) while comparing with the non
indigenous Australian (22% of total
sample size).
 It is reported that due to reduced access of
services, food insecurity and lack of
knowledge, the aboriginal Australians
have 40% more chances of having obesity
than that of the Non-indigenous Australian.

Advocacy for obesity
 Advocacy for the nutrition is very
crucial for managing obesity
among the youths
 Engaging the youths in physical
activity (Besenyi et al., 2014).

Continued…
 Enhancing knowledge regarding
obesity among the youths.
 Engage family members in the
advocacy as a part of the social
advocacy (Besenyi et al., 2014).

Effectiveness of
Advocacy
 The study of Brennan et al. (2014),
reported that by using the physical
activity and nutritional advocacy,
prevalence of obesity had reduced by
56 % among youths (n=396).
 In another study by Marsh et al. (2014),
it is very effective the involvement of
family is very effective advocacy and as
a part of this knowledge levels among
the family members must be enhanced.

References
 Bellew, W., Bauman, A., Kite, J., Foley, B., Reece, L., Thomas, M., Mihrshahi, S., King, L.. Obesity
prevention in children and young people: what policy actions are needed? Public Health Res
Pract. 2019;29(1):e2911902.
 Besenyi, G. M., Carter, T. K., Pope, A. W., Gordon, K. L., Hebda, S., & Kaczynski, A. T. (2014).
Youth advocacy for policy, systems, and environmental changes for healthy eating/active living:
Pilot evaluation of the Healthy Young People Empowerment (HYPE) Project. In meeting of Active
Living Research, San Diego, CA. Retrieved from http://activelivingresearch. org/youth-advocacy-
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 Brennan, L. K., Brownson, R. C., & Orleans, C. T. (2014). Childhood obesity policy research and
practice: evidence for policy and environmental strategies. American journal of preventive
medicine, 46(1), e1-e16.
 Marsh, S., Foley, L. S., Wilks, D. C., & Maddison, R. (2014). Family‐based interventions for
reducing sedentary time in youth: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Obesity
reviews, 15(2), 117-133.
 Thurber, K. A., Joshy, G., Korda, R., Eades, S. J., Wade, V., Bambrick, H., ... & Banks, E. (2018).
Obesity and its association with sociodemographic factors, health behaviours and health status
among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults in New South Wales, Australia. J Epidemiol
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