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Literature Review(SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF TEENAGEOBESITY AND OVERWEIGHT)Table of Contents

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW.........................................................................................12.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................12.2 Determinants of childhood obesity........................................................................................12.2.1 Socioeconomic status......................................................................................................12.2.2.1 Parents education.........................................................................................................22.2.2.2 Parents occupation.......................................................................................................32.2.2.3 Parents income.............................................................................................................32.2.2.4 Knowledge gap............................................................................................................42.2.2 Dietary behaviour...........................................................................................................42.2.2.1 Calorie intake...............................................................................................................52.2.2.2 Soft drinks....................................................................................................................52.2.2.3 Snack foods..................................................................................................................52.2.2.4 Food portion sizes........................................................................................................52.2.2.5 Fast foods and fast food outlets...................................................................................62.2.2.6 Fruits and vegetables...................................................................................................62.2.2.7 Diet frequency.............................................................................................................62.2.2.8 Knowledge gap............................................................................................................62.2.3 Physical activities...........................................................................................................62.2.3.1 Type of physical activity.............................................................................................72.2.3.2 Level of physical activity.............................................................................................72.2.3.3 Sedentary activities......................................................................................................72.2.3.3 Knowledge gap............................................................................................................72.2.4 Biological factors............................................................................................................72.2.4.1 Age...............................................................................................................................72.2.4.2 Sex...............................................................................................................................82.2.4.3 Race.............................................................................................................................82.2.4.4 Knowledge gap............................................................................................................82.2.5 Environment...................................................................................................................82.2.5.1 Physical environment...................................................................................................82.2.5.1.1 Place of residence.....................................................................................................82.2.5.1.2 School environment..................................................................................................9

2.2.5.2 Social environment......................................................................................................92.2.5.2.1 Socio-cultural environments.....................................................................................92.2.5.2.2 Environment and ethnicity........................................................................................92.2.5.3 Political environment...................................................................................................92.2.5.4 Knowledge gap..........................................................................................................102.3 Approaches to tackling childhood obesity...........................................................................102.4 Summary of knowledge gaps...............................................................................................112.5 Research purpose.................................................................................................................112.5.1 Research question and objectives.................................................................................112.6 Significance of the study.....................................................................................................122.7 Conceptual model for the study...........................................................................................122.8 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................13REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW2.1 IntroductionThe investigator has to conduct an in-depth analysis so for this information should bereviewed from different published articles and journals. Present section of dissertation representsdifferent concepts and theories which are related to the current topic. In this, researcher revieweddifferent academic literatures so that relevant aspects can be gathered and field of study can alsobe carried out in an effective manner. Here, information is collected through various sources likebooks, journals, articles, research papers, magazines and so on. Through this, scholar can create abase for their own research which will help them in drawing an effective conclusion. By gettingthe views of different authors, more reliable and valuable outcome can be achieved. Due towhich specified research objectives can be achieved and questions can be resolved in an effectiveway. The present research is based on the social and ecological factors which affect the teenageobesity and overweight. After conducting this it can be identified that how different factors canaffect the health of different individuals. Furthermore, the research gap can be identified on thebasis of outcomes which are derived from different previous literatures. 2.2 Determinants of childhood obesityChildhood obesity is a kind of condition in which due to excess weight the health ofchildren is get affected in negative manner. Karnik and Kanekar (2012) stated that obesity can bediagnosed on the basis of Body Mass index (BMI) and it is measured on the basis of age, sex,height. There are various determinates of obesity like socioeconomic, dietary, physical,biological and environment. These are explained in further report so overall field of study can becarried out in an effective way. 2.2.1 Socioeconomic statusAs per the views of Wang and Lim (2012) socioeconomic is a combination of sociologicaland economic which is used to measure the work experience of an individual and their socialstatus as compare to other people. The status and class can be measured on the basis of income,occupation and education. Through this, economic difference can be established in a society so adistinctive image can be created. This can be broken into some levels like low, high and mediumwhich explain that an individual’s family is fall down into these categories. On the other hand, it1

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