Arguments for taking a public health approach to obesity

LC462 Contemporary
Debates
Id 2001223
Essay title: 'Arguments for taking a public health approach to obesity
rather than addressing the problem as it arrives for individuals'

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References .......................................................................................................................................8

Introduction
Obesity refers to abnormal or unreasonable fat which is being accumulated and
reflects towards causing risk to health state of an individual. A body mass index or BMI
is considered to be overweight and when it is over 30 is referred to obese (Di
Sebastiano and et. al., 2018). The said abnormal fat at its worse could even lead to
causing death. According to data provided by WHO, (2021), over 4 million individual die
each year for the result of being overweighted or obese in 2017 (WHO, obesity, 2021).
The public health department approach the said health disease by targeting,
behavioural, environmental and socio-culture factors in relation to their contributions
towards the disease. This report document will present an essay debating on topic that
related to social environment of an economy consisting of various individuals. In the
essay evaluation of several related aspects of the topic will be discussed including;
principle arguments from the source, linking various aspects of the essay topic and
creating good impression in mind of reader through presenting a clear and well-
structured discussions (Bianchi and et. al., 2020). Below is the essay discussing on,
'Arguments for taking a public health approach to obesity rather than addressing
the problem as it arrives for individuals'.
Discussion
Medication in today's world have a significant influence over health of various
individuals. It is being suggested that an individual can be in state of complete physical,
social well being and mental through intake of balanced diet and regular on physical
exercise. Along with this coordinative actions taken up by government and legislation of
region manipulates supply of materials that are harmful for health and are one of the
resultant of said disease. Further approaches includes advertisement restrictions,
taxations etc. with prospective of regulation of discussed products. Treatment of
obesity, is thus important for an individual taking contrast to severe consequences for
the disease (Genario and et. al., 2021).
According to Nicole and Kelly Brownell, (2011), attention of public health institute
have shifted towards common problem i.e. obesity. In respect to 1.5 billion of people
worldwide are identified as obese or overweight. Even with practises of taxation and