Child Obesity in Harrow

Report about
Child Obesity in
Harrow area
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Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Demographic Profile of XXX (200 words)..............................................................................................2
Health Issue in xxx (100 words).............................................................................................................2
Who is affected? Health Inequalities (criteria 1) (300 words)...............................................................3
Social Determinants of health (200 words)..........................................................................................3
Policy issues relating to xxxx (500 words)..............................................................................................3
National or Local Policy.....................................................................................................................3
Describe the policies..........................................................................................................................3
Public Health Provisions in your borough (500 words )........................................................................3
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................4
Reference List........................................................................................................................................5

Introduction
Child obesity is one of the most serious medical illness that has affected the lives of children
and adolescents. Children who are obese have more weight for their age and height. This type of
problem can lead to several type of other disease such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart
related problem. It can reduce the health outcome of children. There are various social determinants
linked to childhood obesity such as changing in lifestyle activities and physical activities. Present
report will lay emphasis on childhood obesity faced by children of Harrow. It will provide details
about demographic profile of Harrow.
Demographic Profile of HARROW (200 words)
It has been analysed from the research that about in five children are obese in Harrow. This
disease has increased economic costs for the borough. Children in Harrow are slightly less active
than other children in London and England. Harrow has a lower proportion of children doing physical
activity both inside school and outside school compared to London and England. It has also been
analysed that there are various social determinants which are been linked to the childhood obesity
like most of the children who are obese lives in poverty. They do not have access to better health
services which has made them obese. It has also been analysed that the children of Harrow are
physically inactive (Nishtar, Gluckman and Armstrong, 2016). They only have 5 portions of fruits and
vegetables in a day and has no dietary control which has made them obese. It has been analysed
that this health related problem can lead to further problems such as heart disease, diabetes and
can affect the health and lives of the children suffering from it severely. It can also be said that obese
children have low life expectancy in comparison to children who are been living in London. 61.5% of
the children in Harrow were partially breastfed and 38.5% were total. 17.7% of the population was
not been fed which has made them obese.
Health Issue in HARROW(100 words) (CHILD OBESITY)
The health issue which has been severely faced by the Harrow is child hood obesity. It has
been analysed that around 1 in 5 children is been suffering from the childhood obesity. This health
issue has reduced the health aspects of adolescents and children. This disease increases the
prevalence and is been associated with mortality. It further leads so many other health related
issues such as diabetes, cardio vascular problem. It has also been analysed that expectancy of life is
also lower. It has 6.1% lower, faced by the men and 5.6% less in the women (Rankin and et.al.,
2016).