Prevalence and Prevention of Overweight among Children and Young Adults in the UK

Faculty of Health and Social Care.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY............................................................................................................................3
RATIONALE........................................................................................................................4
PLANNING MODELS.........................................................................................................5
INTERVENTION DESIGNS..............................................................................................6
EVALUATION STRATEGY..............................................................................................7
ETHICS.................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
The concept of overweight generally refers to an excessive or an abnormal
accumulation of fat among young adults and children. In this, it can ultimately create some of
the risks of health. It is the only one that leads to an impact on people's weight. The Basal
Metabolic Index can effectively play an essential role in determining or identifying people's
health and associated concerns. Obesity is exceptionally effective among children and young
adults that causes due to taking up extra calories other than needed. It is the one that
specifically can significantly impact young adults and children. It is the only one that
particularly can lead to an influence due to the intake of the supplementary number of
calories that can generally accumulate in fat between an individual. Different problems
specifically are being created due to a leading cause of obesity that care is reasonably
associated with the progress of various dissimilar illnesses. There is a need to safeguard the
improved healthiness that can negatively impact children and young people. This report will
cover the various public well-being concern in the United Kingdom, where the overweight is
one of the main concerns within the country. Different health-associated policies can
significantly influence the severe investigation and associated health policies. It can also
include discussing the effectiveness of the interventions and their impact on the children's
well-being challenges (Mahil et. al., 2019). It can also involve the application of the public
well-being concern and its influence over an economy. The report will include the various
initiatives and interventions that can address or manage general well-being concerns, with the
critical discussion providing the health promotion theory. The interventions can involve the
pharmacological, no-pharmacological and other promotional activities that can help to avoid
the prevalence of obesity among young and old age group people.
MAIN BODY
Prevalence of both obesity and overweight are effectively enhanced in both the
children's and the young adult population worldwide. Among the countries, the socio-
demographic slopes in the overweight have been analyzed. Obesity and overweight generally
tend to be more prevalent among children in developed countries. And also, the children with
excellent socio-economic status in the evolving countries. In the very economic transition
countries, overweight is more prevalent between the more significant income groups and the
urban than rural communities. Still, it can indicate that this particular drain may shift towards
the low. Obesity, as well as overweight among children, are specifically known to have a

specific influence on both our psychosocial and physical well-being as well. For example,
hypertension, abnormal glucose tolerance, hyperlipidemia, insulin resistance can specifically
occur with the enhanced frequency in overweight adolescents and children. Childhood
overweight or overweight is generally linked with various medical conditions. It contains the
reduced functions of the pulmonary, an advanced growth and an early maturity, the reduced
grades of the systemic inflammation, the polycystic ovary illness, the orthopedic
complications, and many others (Rasmussen and et. al., 2018).
Obese children are more known to become the targets of early discrimination. In
addition, overweight or obesity in childhood is generally an independent risk factor for
overweight among adults. The prevention of childhood obesity or overweight is essential,
given the significant well-being and social consequences in the long term and short term.
Ultimately, the prevention can share the same fundamental principles as a prevention in
young people that reduces the intake of calories and can effectively enhance energy
expenditure. It can effectively recommend that the modes of interventions are specifically a
variable and depend on the age group of the children and its initial levels of overweight. The
prevention’s primary aim is to reduce or deaccelerate the weight gain. To encourage the care
professionals to determine the most appropriate form of care, the guidelines regarding
paediatric weight management can specifically exist in various countries to promote the best
practices. Still, nowadays, many of these particular recommendations are generally based on
the reduced grade scientific shreds of evidence (KoenigHarold, 2018).
RATIONALE
The study's rationale is to acknowledge the terms and the knowledge, which is helpful
for personal and professional development. The study is well conducted to make
modifications mainly based on professional and personal stories. Moreover, personal
development includes self-improvement and exploring the topic linked with the leading cause
of obesity or overweight among people, children, or older adults. The main motive of the
study is to aid others with the help of knowledge attained during the conducting of the study.
It can aid in developing various sets of activities that specifically assist in maintaining a piece
of knowledge regarding the pathophysiology and the complication of multiple illnesses
linked with the overweight.
Overall, the personal and professional development enables me to pursue an opportunity
for prospects to deal with such type of situation that may arise with others. Moreover,