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Australian Adolescents: SES, Sedentary Lifestyle & Obesity

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ASSESSMENT 1 PROJECT OUTLINE3 ASSESSMENT 1 PROJECT OUTLINE 1 Assessment 1 Project outline Student’s Name University Affiliation Contents Research topic 2 Background 2 Aims and research questions 3 Significance 3 References 5 Assessment 1 Project outline Research topic Topic: Relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), sedentary lifestyles and obesity among Australian adolescents. Adolescents from high SES have high chances of embracing sedentary lifestyle; however, they have access to good

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Running head: ASSESSMENT 1 ‐ PROJECT OUTLINE 1Assessment 1 ‐ Project outlineStudent’s NameUniversity Affiliation
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ASSESSMENT 1 ‐ PROJECT OUTLINE2ContentsResearch topic..................................................................................................................................2Background......................................................................................................................................2Aims and research questions...........................................................................................................3Significance.....................................................................................................................................3References........................................................................................................................................5
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ASSESSMENT 1 ‐ PROJECT OUTLINE3Assessment 1 ‐ Project outlineResearch topicTopic: Relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), sedentary lifestyles and obesityamong Australian adolescents. Sedentary lifestyle is too much sitting and failure to undertake any physical activities. The most common types of sedentary lifestyles in adolescents are TV viewing, game-console use, and computer use [ CITATION Owe10 \l 1033 ]. Adolescents from high SES have high chances of embracing sedentary lifestyle; however, they have access to good diet and health education, which might reduce the incidence of obesity. Contrarily, adolescents from low SES have low chances living sedentary lifestyles; however, they lack access to good nutrition and health education, which might increase the occurrence of obesity. BackgroundThe prevalence of obesity and association with SES is already characterised. Thus, the research seeks to identify the relationship between SES and obesity and sedentary lifestyles such as sleeping, computer use and TV viewing [ CITATION Kon15 \l 1033 ]. Obesity is significant burden in Australian health care system and one of the NHPAs [ CITATION Aus161 \l 1033 ]. Approximately 20 to 25 percent of adolescents in Australia are obese or overweight. In 2007-2008, about one-quarter of adolescents aged 5 to 17 years were overweight or obese. This finding indicates that there was a 4% increase in the number of obese adolescents from 1995[ CITATION Sta09 \l 1033 ]. Based on this finding, the prevalence of obesity is increasing significantly. A recent study found that adolescents living in economically disadvantaged areas had a higher risk of being obese than adolescents living in affluent areas. The risk of being
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