Tackling Obesity: Improving Teenager Food Habits and Lifestyle

Health and wellbeing-
STOP TEENAGE OBESITY
Tackling obesity: Improving teenager food habits and
lifestyle

Aim and Content
 The campaign on obesity will be targeting
teenagers who have or are on the verge of
becoming obese. Overweight teenagers will also
be targeted through this campaign.
Aim
 To make teenagers recognize the importance of a
healthy weight and a healthy body and inculcate
good food and lifestyle habits in them
Content
 The content of the campaign will comprise of
eight sessions based on education of health food
and lifestyle habits.

Rationale and Focus
National guidelines
As per the NICE Guidelines:
 BMI 18.5 kg/m2 to 24.9 kg/m2
corresponds to Healthy weight
 BMI 25 kg/m2 to 29.9 kg/m2 corresponds
to being Overweight
 BMI 30 kg/m2 to 34.9 kg/m2 corresponds
to Obesity I
 BMI 35 kg/m2 to 39.9 kg/m2 corresponds
to Obesity II
 BMI 40 kg/m2 or more. corresponds to
Obesity III

Continued...
BMI
Classification
Waist
circumference- Low
Waist circumference-
High
Waist circumference Very
high
Overweight No risk Increased risk High risk
Obesity 1 Increased risk High risk Very high risk
 The guidelines also inform the details as mentioned in the table
below: