PUBLIC HEALTH PROMOTION PLAN.

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Intervention summary statement
Overweight and Obesity is now a growing concern for the global health and food
security. The imbalance in the intake of food can lead to several consequences that may
possess threat to the sustainable food habits out comes (Grunert, Hieke & Wills, 2014).
Hence, there needs to be a sound analysis of the health and the things we intake for our daily
lifestyle. Obesity is a medical condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of body
fat, and has been associated with some serious health problems. Therefore, obesity is not only
a national concern but it is a global concern. Obesity has been related with major diseases
like Cardiovascular disease, Chronic kidney disorders, diabetes mellitus and other chronic
health diseases (Bastien et al., 2014). With proper understanding and educating people about
its risks and benefits could enable the people to make better decision for themselves and for
others. The lifestyle factors and obesity are intricately related with obesity. There are several
risk factors associated with obesity however, there are some protective factors as well which
would be discussed broadly in the paragraphs. In the following paragraphs there will be
discussion about the obesity with the target population being the Aboriginals, considering
the rural as well as in the urban health in the scenario.
Community analysis
With the increase of health problems related to obesity and being overweight among
the Australians, the focus has been put on the Aboriginals as the target group. There is not
only the food choice which matters, but also there are certain social and economic
considerations has to be looked upon when it comes to the health promotion among this
community in Australia. The focus has been given towards the people who are at younger age
from childhood to the age of 25 years of age, therefore, the health promotion plan is aimed at
young population among the Aboriginals. There are certain factors which are associated with

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the obesity and overweight which include the health behaviour factors socio-economic
factors which has to be noted and considered for promotion of better Body Mass Index
among the Aboriginal Australians. Moreover, when it was compared between the Australians
and Aboriginal Australians the prevalence of obesity was observed as 39% among the
Aboriginal Australians, however the obesity prevalence was observed in non-Indigenous
people it was found at around 22% (Thurber et al., 2018). There are key factors like
remoteness of the people living, physical activity, education, are level disadvantages among
the Aboriginals. The reason of escalating obesity and obesity related other health problems
among the Aboriginals is that there is an excess intake of energy in take than the normal or
the average level of intake of energy. However, the situation becomes complex with other
factors like essential causes and other determinants that lead to this health condition among
the Aboriginal Australians. It is important that the considerations should be intricately
understood with the details of social as well as political and social economic factors.
Understand these factors will enable the health promotion plan to associate the driving causes
and factors associated with the obesity and overweight among the Australian Aboriginals.
Problem analysis
According to Australian Government-Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
(2019), in Australia there are 2 in 3 Australian adults who are overweight or obese putting
themselves at the risk of chronic conditions. There is an increase of the people being
overweight around 19% from the year 1995 among Australian adults. The overall burden of
the disease which was reported in Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011, 7.0% of the total
health burden. Most importantly the report suggests that people who are under the age of 25
are at greater risk of adding to the overall health burden. There is a risk of developing chronic
diseases as there is an increase of weight in the body, not only that there are other
complications of being overweight and managing other chronic conditions and diseases.

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There is a possibility increase of the health burden in the near future due to the elevation and
rise of being overweight and obesity. There is an association of diabetes burden which
accounts for 53% of the overall health burden which is also due to the excessive weight gain
and obesity in the people of Australia (Australian Government-Australian Institute of Health
and Welfare, 2019). The recent reports of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ National Health
Survey for the year 2017-2018, there are two thirds of the Australians are overweight and
obese (Australian Government-Department, 2019). This data represents that 12.5 million
people are obese and overweight. According to Thurber et al. (2018) there is an observable
high body mass index among the Aboriginal Australians and there is substantial evident
proportion of excess prevalence of obesity among the Aboriginals than the non-Aboriginal
people. However, there are certain social as well as economic factors associated with the
prevalence of obesity and being overweight among the Aboriginals. Health behaviour factor
is also an important point to consider among this population.
Stakeholder analysis
According to the Heart Foundation (2019), there are 29% of Indigenous Australians who are
over the age of 18 years of age are overweight, and there around 39% of the aboriginals
Australians who are 39% obese over the age of 18. The mortality risk of Aboriginals and
Torres Strait Islander peoples is around 12 % of the total deaths due to heart related diseases
(Hear Foundation, 2019). The primary focus has to be made on the sedentary health
behaviour on the people living in the non-remote areas as well as remote areas that are adding
up to the health burden in Australia. Health promotion plan has to be included in accordance
with physical activity because of which they would be able to eliminate the risks of obesity
and obesity related disorders among the Indigenous Australians. To understand the
achievable and better health outcomes for the Aboriginal Australians it is important to
evaluate the factors which are influencing the specific diseases including obesity. Apart from