Public Health UK in Mental Health: Obesity

PUBLIC HEALTH UK IN MENTAL
HEALTH: OBESITY

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Impact of obesity in UK in mental health..............................................................................1
Public health concern in Hounslow London UK....................................................................1
Public health determinant and health inequalities associated with obesity in Hounslow
London,UK.............................................................................................................................2
An analysis of interventions to manage public health concern (Obesity)..............................3
Impact of mental health challenges in Hounslow UK............................................................4
Mental nurse’s health educator roles (Obesity)......................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Obesity is a disease in which involving accumulation of unwanted excessive amount of
body fat beneath the skin. It is not only cosmetic problem but also a very serious medical
problem, which increase the risk of other diseases and health related problem like, heart disease,
diabetes, cancer, hypertension and so on. It is calculating by the ratio of weight and square of
height of a person, which is known as body mass index(BMI) of that person. On the basis of
BMI obesity is divided into 3 class as, BMI of 30 to <35, BMI of 35 to <40 and BMI of 40 to <
45. class 3 obesity is also known as severe obesity (Brailean and et. al., 2020). Obesity is
basically occurring due to the absorption of excessive amount of calories in the form of food but
burn very few amount from that calories by less physical activity. In this report, the discussion
about the impact of obesity on mental health in UK. Major discussion is going to base on the
public health concern, health inequalities associated with Obesity, initiatives/interventions to
assess their impact on recognised mental health challenges, in the specific UK location
(Hounslow London UK). Also going to discuss about analysis of the mental nurse’s health
educator and health promoter roles within the inter-professional team in relation to the public
health concern (Obesity) along with a critical evaluation of the application of health promotion
theories/models within these roles (Faulkner and et. al., 2021).
MAIN BODY
Impact of obesity in UK in mental health
Obesity is the diseases which is associated with the accumulation of body fat and affects
the physical appearance of a person. According to modern scenario, peoples are more conscious
about their physical appearance so, it is found that in UK 55% peoples are facing the risk of
developing depression who were faced obesity. In UK people who were faced obesity is higher
the chances to face bipolar disorder, major depression, panic disorder or agoraphobia. It also
increases the chances of mood disorder, stress, emotional disorder. It is also noticed that people
who is suffering from these diseases, are lead to feel negative about himself (Flanagan and et. al.,
2021).
Public health concern in Hounslow London UK
The health profile of people in Hounslow London UK is not similar to the other places of
England. Higher the life expectancy of woman than the England average. Children about 13.8%
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