Preventing Obesity through Healthy Habits

The assignment explores the issue of obesity and its prevention through healthy habits. It emphasizes the need for individuals to adopt a balanced lifestyle, including regular physical activity and a nutritious diet. The importance of medical professionals in promoting health and well-being is also highlighted.

Pubic Health
Issues

Table of Contents
INTRODDUCTION........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Determinants of public health issue and their prevalence......................................................1
Review the different public interventions and national strategies..........................................2
Role and challenges of healthcare professional in preventing and controlling the spread of
disease.....................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Reflection...............................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODDUCTION
Pubic Health Issues refers to overall those medical problems and disease from which
people get suffered and they can be communicable or non- communicable disease. It includes
different types of health problems which takes place due to unhealthy food, inactive lifestyle and
family history. Three are various kinds of health problems which are observed in society but they
have different interventions to solve them in correct way (Bowen and Ebi, 2015). The present
report will focus on public health issues and different types of interventions as well as national
strategies for the same. It will also discuss about roles and challenges of health care professionals
in preventing & controlling spread of disease. The reflection about promoting prevention of
various health problems is given below.
TASK 1
Determinants of public health issue and their prevalence
The public health issues involves various disease but major problems found in people in
current scenario is obesity which impacts negatively in health of an individual. It is also
responsible for creating risk of several critical health issues which may occur as negative effects
of obesity. This health issue take long time for gaining extra weight in body tissues and then
leads to a condition of obesity. In terms of body weight, a person has condition of being lower
weight, normal weight, over weight and then obese which is really harmful fro health. However,
the situation of gaining extra weight occur when an individual is not able to burn overall calories
of energy by their regular physical work which they have gained from eating food items whole
day. There are various determinants of obesity are analysed ion which some of them are
explained further –
Lifestyle habits – This can be described as inactive activities, overeating habits and
sitting job routines which are responsible for gaining extra calories in body that deposited in
tissues as fat molecules (Carcio and Secor, 2014). People eat much but not able burn these
calories on regular basis which is responsible of creating imbalance in metabolic activity of
body. However, it will facilitate to increase in body weight continuously and if it will not
controlled then results into an obese condition of a person including several difficulties in daily
life. Additionally, it also involves few of harmful habits like intake of alcohol, drugs and smoke
which is responsible for imbalance of metabolism to generate issue of obesity.
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Genetics – The genetically transferred character including health problems are also
transmitted from parents to their children due which they get suffer from specific disease. If
ancestors have problem of obesity then next generation will also suffer from the same so that it is
essential to take advice from medical professional along with following an appropriate routine.
However, transmitted genes not only consist features but also transfer genetic health issues of
family.
Engineered junk food – This includes regular eating habit of junk food by people as
they like such food items to intake at regular basis. It includes, Hamburger, snacks, ichibuns,
bleecker burger, sandwich, cold drinks and many more (Friedman, Kaufman and Karpas, 2014).
These food products are intake by people regularly and such items are full of calories but not
contains suitable minerals required by body. Moreover, extra calories are collected in body due
to which extra molecules get deposited in tissues and begin increase of weight that may leads to
obese condition of an individual.
Medical conditions & Certain medications – There are different types of medications
and treating procedure which is responsible for extra weight gain by patient due to which several
precautions are required to be followed. It involves several health problems which increase
weight such as hypothyroidism which requires to take proper medications with effective
medications. Moreover, several medications create increasing mass of body including drugs like
antidepressants, steroids, medicines to control seizures and psychiatric problems which increase
appetite, slow downs metabolism as well as cause to retain more water in body. Meanwhile,
overall these problems increase body weight that may leads to obesity in a person.
Review the different public interventions and national strategies
There are various kinds of health problems generated in society which are required to be
prevented and controlled by conduct appropriate actions (Lee, 2015). It involves interference of
government authorities and other health care agencies in order to prevent diseases including
obesity along with controlling the same in people. However, it is necessary to utilise beneficial
interventions and practices in terms of making people aware about severe diseases along with
motivating them to adopt healthy activities. It involves health promotion techniques which
provide support to analyse harmful habits and effective practices to reduce risk of diseases or
infections. Sin context of obesity, it is required to make citizens understand about causing
activities and appeal to avoid them by adopting healthy habit of eating and other regular
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activities to get rid off the same. Meanwhile, different public interventions and national
strategies which are helpful to reduce risk of obesity are given below.
Public Interventions – The interventions refers to guidelines and instructions which are
helpful to reduce and solve health issues in proper manner to make people disease free. It
involves two categories of interventions such as preventive and therapeutic which are required to
be utilised by medical professionals in order to conduct treating activities properly. Interventions
are as follows –
 Initially, effective communication should be carried out with patients and their family
members.
 Secondly, it involves to thoroughly analyse colour, texture, moisture, temperature etc.
which helps to evaluate actual health problem appropriately.
 Thirdly, it includes to carefully check breathing rate, face, neck, hands, tongue, eyes and
infected body parts so that desired medication can be applied for treating properly.
 Moreover, it is necessary to provide correct treatment as per complication of particular
health problems including obesity so that it can be solved properly.
 Additionally, correct information should be provided to patients in order to reduce and
maintain weight of body along with avoiding several health risks (Quint, 2014).
 Furthermore, public intervention for obesity involves regular exercise, weight
management, avoidance of smoke & drug abuse and control exiting disease.
National Strategies –
 It include to conduct appropriate health promotion events to promote physical activities
in daily routine which helps to reduce risk of obesity, cholesterol, overweight etc.
 The government authorities provide instructions to health organisations in order to
provide vaccination to avoid health problems.
 It involves to prevent severe diseases with the help of vaccination & screening in weight
control and prevention which facilitate to avoid obesity.
 Moreover, major effective strategies include health promotion, disease prevention and
patient education which provide support to decrease incidences of disease properly.
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Role and challenges of healthcare professional in preventing and controlling the spread of
disease
The healthcare professional refers to a person having knowledge of medical field for
analysing health issues and conducting clinical practices practically. However, medical
professionals include nurses, doctors, surgeons, specialists, dentists, pathologists, lab technicians
and many more to conduct treating procedures. Moreover, they have role of conducting effective
activities to make patient disease in proper manner which is helpful to reduce negative impacts to
the same on overall society. In addition to this, medical professionals face different challenges
while putting efforts for completing their roles of providing desired medication to patients for
their welfare. Meanwhile, challenges are depends upon severity of medication procedure and
complex situation of patient which required carefulness to make them disease free.
Roles of healthcare professional
Provide desired medication – There are different types of health problems which requires
differentiated medication or treatment to solve the same. It is necessary to thoroughly analyse
present health problems by conducting proper diagnosis and then render appropriate treatment to
patient to make them disease free. However, care professionals conduct required activities like
CT Scan, MRI, X- ray, Blood test and many more to evaluate specific disease in order to give
correct treatment.
Provide required information – The medical professionals plays an important role to
make people aware about several critical habits and their negative effects on health along with
advising them to avoid them. It involves to provide information about current disease and their
precautions to patients and their family members by communication so that people will follow
healthy routine in order to remain well being. Additionally, they provide advice of taking
balanced diet, avoid junk food, avoid, smoke or alcohol, regular check up and regular exercise to
remain well being (Trombetta, Liguori and Bertolotto, 2015).
Challenges of Healthcare professional
Violent patient – This can be describe as unfavourable or violent behaviour of patient
which create difficulty to conduct medication procedures in proper manner. In case of mental
patients, psychologists face various problems as people may attack them or harm themselves also
then it is essential to monitor them 24 hours.
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Medication complications – This involves complexities or infections occur during
medication or treating procedure which is a challenge for carers to make patients well being. For
example, surgical process certain complications take place during post anaesthesia which is very
difficult to solve it.
TASK 2
Reflection
The medical professionals are required to conduct various kinds of clinical practices and
activities which are essential to make patient well being. As per my points of point view, it is
necessary for me to remain careful always while dealing with infected person or carrying out
medication process properly. However, my single minor wrong step may create complications of
an individual which may leads to death. Moreover, it is necessary conduct correct diagnosis by
focussed on their work in accurate manner. I believe that there is not chance of doing mistakes in
healthcare profession as someone's life depends upon their actions.
SWOT analysis
Strengths
 I have an ability to make healthy communication with patients which provide support to
evaluate actual health problem properly. I can work in team to improve patient outcomes by conducting correct treatment through
mutual understanding which increase my reputation at work place.
Weaknesses
 I am not able to manage burden of work at peak load which is required to be improved in
order to provide desired medical facilities appropriately to every person. My problem of not making decision immediately which is important in healthcare
settings in respect of solving complications.
Opportunities
 I can increase patient participation in care at my work place which more useful to
overcome with severe situation of mental cases.
 I can increase satisfaction level of patients though providing correct medication to them
along with making healthy relation with them.
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Threats
 I do not have much effective training for dealing with every severe situation which create
problems for me as it is not possible to solve complexities easily.
 At my work place, there is alack of advanced equipment or machines which are required
for various treatment procedures.
From the above skill audit, I have analysed that several skills are required to be enhanced
by implementing effective changes in order to improve patient outcomes. I have used Gibbs
reflection model for providing proper reflection about problem of obesity.
Description – This include about a health problem which is observed in every third
person in country i.e. obesity and that is responsible for creating risk of other disease. Obesity
can be described as a state of an individual having overweight condition due top extra deposition
of fat molecules in body tissues. However, I have personally analysed in patients arrived at my
work place that people gain additional body weight due to unhealthy habits of intake junk food,
inactive lifestyle, side effects of medications or disease and so on.
Feelings – As per my opinion, I believe that inactive lifestyle, eating junk food and other
harmful habits including alcohol, drug abuse & smoke. It is observed and analysed that people
used to prefer fast food product on regular basis which provide calories but not essential nutrient
required for health. Excess of calories result into deposition of fat in body tissues and smoke or
drug abuse are responsible creating imbalanced in metabolism and that will leads to obesity. In
addition in this, it is evaluated by me that in present scenario people are depends upon technical
devices which reduce physical activity. Moreover, lees physical work out and excess junk food
create problem of extra weight in body which may leads to obesity if desired actions will not get
adopted by an individual.
Evaluation – The obesity has negative impacts on health as per my analysis and
experience of dealing with patients as it generates difficulties in regular lives. It involves creation
of risk for several critical health issues such as high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, diabetes,
Alzheimer's disease, fertility problems and many more. However, I believe that people should
follow healthy lifestyle and increase physical work out by taking care of their health and take
appropriate steps to remain well being. My experience says that weight is required to be
controlled at initial stage when a person feel that extra body weight started to be acquired
because after gaining excess fat, it will become very difficult to reduce the same.
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Analysis – According to my experience and knowledge, it is necessary for people to take
care of their body fitness as it facilitate to avoid various severe disease. My knowledge and
experience says that it is essential to make people aware citizens about harmful habits and appeal
them to avoid excess fast fast, smoke, alcohol, drugs abuse and other habits. It is helpful for them
for remaining healthy but in present scenario people are required to adopt physical work out
along with avoiding junk food. Additionally, I have analysed that threat of obesity can be fully
removed when an individual put effort on their level to stay healthy.
Conclusion – The issue of obesity can be prevented more effectively by motivating
people through adopting healthy habits because reducing excess body weight is a difficult
process. I have started conveying information about health activities and harmful habits to people
who meet me daily in order to encourage them for implementing changes or remaining healthy
and fit respectively. However, I have organised several health promotion campaigns with my
colleagues to improve health of citizens in proper manner.
Action plan – The obesity is more effectively avoided by taking few steps in regular life
rather than taking medication after become overweight. If in case, problem of obesity may
increase then I will conduct deep study about factors causing the same and then make
appropriate decision to provide effective precautions to people.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it is summarize that pubic health issues can be described as
overall medical problems and disease from which people get suffered which are classified as
infectious and no- infectious diseases. It includes current health problems in given country such
as obesity along with contributing determinants like lifestyle habits genetics, engineered junk
food, medical conditions & certain medications. Moreover, it involves several interventions for
medical professionals relevant to screening, vaccination and supplementation. Additionally,
several roles and challenges of carers includes like providing accurate medical services by facing
violent behaviour of patients.
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