Obesity: A Major Public Health Concern in the UK

Obesity

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
Public health issues determines the major problems among the UK population. The
current issues arising in England is obesity because people are not aware about their health which
causes the major health issue in adults and children's. The chosen topic is obesity because this is
the major concern among the England population. The high rate of obesity increases the risk of
obesity which includes type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases. UK
government implements many programme for the health issue which helps in reducing the risk of
diseases among the people. Public health issues causes many complication in individual life by
which they can never cope up with their diseases. 28% of adults in England are facing the
obesity problems. Obesity is associated with an increased risk of severe illness which leads to
cause death. Additionally this essay cover the effects of obesity among the UK population,
government policy, NICE guidelines and aim of the government policy in respect to age and
ethnicity. Lastly the impact of policies on the public health(Whitehead, 2019).
MAIN BODY
Obesity is caused due to consuming more calories, fat and sugary food which leads to
cause the major health issues among the people. Obesity rate is raising in England which can
campaign the other health disorders which includes heart stroke, type 2 diabetes, hypertension
and cancers. Sometimes, these issues may be more severe in patient and does not recovery easily.
Obesity is caused due to lack of physical activities, environmental factors, lack of nutritional and
balance diet. During the Covid-19, people having obesity may at high risk of acquiring the
coronavirus due to the excess body weight and high cholesterol level. People having overweight
are more likely to develop number of serious health issues which includes digestive problem in
which person experiencing the heartburn, liver problem which is harmful for the individual
health. Obesity increases the stress because of the overweight which causes the inflammation
with in the body and people can face complication and more difficulties due to the Osteoarthritis
problem. NICE guidelines provides helps in assessing and managing the obesity among the
general population(Curl and Clark, 2019).
The serious disorder of obesity is disruptive breathing which causes the sleep apnea in
which breathing stops and start frequently. Excessive health expenditure, obesity generates the
loss of productivity which directly impacted the economic growth. Obesity causes many health
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