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Report on Rising Concern of Childhood Obesity

   

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Running head: RISING CONCERN OF OBESITY IN CHILDRENRISING CONCERN OF OBESITY IN CHILDRENName of the StudentName of the AuthorAuthor Note
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1RISING CONCERN OF OBESITY IN CHILDRENExecutive SummaryChildhood obesity is a serious concern that has gripped the entire world. This report describes therising concern of childhood obesity in the Maldivian context. Various factors can give rise tochildhood obesity. This report provides information about the extent of the problem and describesthe planning of an awareness program to be carried out to educate the people of Maldives about theseverity of the problem at hand. It provides the aims and objectives for the program, a time planchart and also provides the outcomes and the barriers associated with the program planning.Finally, recommendations are provided for further initiatives.
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2RISING CONCERN OF OBESITY IN CHILDRENTable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Background/Justification.................................................................................................................4Aims and Objectives........................................................................................................................6Plan of Activities.............................................................................................................................7Important Activities and their outcomes......................................................................................7Time Plan.....................................................................................................................................8Success/Outcomes.........................................................................................................................13Barriers/Shortcomings...................................................................................................................13Recommendations/Conclusions.....................................................................................................14Reference List................................................................................................................................15
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3RISING CONCERN OF OBESITY IN CHILDRENIntroductionA complex health concern associated with children is obesity. This occurs when childrenare above their normal weight according to their height and age (Kelly et al., 2013). Behavior isone such factor that is responsible for obesity in children. Behaviors that results in excess weightgain in children include sweetened foods and beverages, high-calorie diets, lack of exercise orphysical activity, among others (Prentice-Dunn & Prentice-Dunn, 2012). Obesity is caused because of excessive accumulation of fat that impairs health. It is theresult of enhancement of size and quantity of fat cells in the body of the children (Chamorro-García et al., 2013). Childhood obesity has reached the crisis stage in the present worldparticularly, the urban areas of low and middle-income countries. Maldives is one such countrythat is facing the crisis of increased cases of childhood obesity (Tzioumis & Adair, 2014). Cultureand community also plays a role in the development of obesity in children. Environments that donot support healthy choices and food habits can also induce obesity development in children.Obesity in children can give rise to serious health concerns in the future (Sahoo et al., 2015). This report provides a proposal plan aimed to address the increased cases of childhoodobesity around the World concentrating primarily on Maldives. It provides a background of theconcern, aims and objectives, plan of activities, the success or outcomes of the project, the barriersand problems associated with the project and finally provide recommendations to prevent orreduce the rate of obesity cases in children.
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