Tackling Obesity in Children: Initiatives and Suggestions

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Tackling Obesity
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Table of Contents
Summary..........................................................................................................................................2
2.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................2
3.1 Recent initiative of raising healthier kids (refer to appemdix1 and appendix 3)......................2
4.0 Suggestions on the best way to enhancece towards the accomplishment of this objective:......3
4.1 Systems to promote easier access to healthier foods.................................................................3
4.2 communities need to improve on putting up more supermarkets in the rural areas as well......4
4.3 communities should be encouraged to purchase foods directly from the farms........................5
4.4 Government Should Enhance Infrastructure that supports Walking (refer to appendix 2).......5
4.5 Techniques to Encourage Communities to Organize for Change.............................................6
5.0 Conclusion.................................................................................................................................6
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................7
Appendix 1.......................................................................................................................................9
Appendix 2.......................................................................................................................................9
Appendix 3.....................................................................................................................................10

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Summary
The assignment focuses upon obesity management in children through adopting healthy
lifestyle. Some of the approaches which had been taken over here are educating the children and
their respective families regarding the importance of healthy diet and exercises. Some of the
initiatives from the local government such as free access to fresh and farm grown foods,
providing suitable infrastructure for encouraging active, lifestyle have been discussed through
the assignment. On the whole change in attitude and belief could only be brought about through
sufficient education and community support.
2.0 Introduction
The current assignment focuses on the concept of obesity management in kids through a
number of implementation programs. Obesity has been the problem of the hour and has been
adversely affecting the health of all age groups across the globe. The current assignment
however focuses upon the young age group who had been predominantly affected with obesity
owing to their lifestyle and food habits. Some of the current trends have been highlighted
through the assignment which impacts upon the overall health of the growing children. The
assignment focuses upon the initiatives for raising healthier kids through controlling obesity. For
the purpose of which there is a need to increase free access to healthier diets.
3.1 Recent initiative of raising healthier kids (refer to appemdix1 and appendix 3)
There has been a lot of work on the global frontier for obesity control and management in
young kids. Random checks and assessment programs have been run in schools to identify the
overweight or obese kids. These kids are further undergone thorough health checkups for
analysis of associated health complications. In this regards, the New Zealand government has
launched a B4 school check in the Bay of Plenty area, which is a nationwide programme for
identification and addressing the health, behavioural , social and developmental concerns which
has a strong influence in shaping up the well being and overall personality of a child (Roberto,
(2015))

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One of the prime objectives listed under the B4 school programme is obesity
management in young kids. Under this the children 95 % obese children were offered referral
through clinical trials, where they were subjected to further intervention through active lifestyle
changes and incorporation of healthy diet. The B4 school campaign is repeated at an interval of
very six months and the figures are reported to the respective government channels and
authorities responsible for providing interim solutions to the problem.
4.0 Suggestions on the best way to enhancece towards the accomplishment of this objective:
The problem of obesity is much widespread and can have much deleterious effect on the
life of an individual. Obesity often comes along with huge number complications. Though the
effect is much pronounced physically, there are wide scale emotional consequences too
(Fitzpatrick, 2017). The obese kids have been seen to develop associated health complications
such as respiratory disorders and hormonal complications. The obese condition in children has
been often related to hormonal disorders which are much pronounced in case of girl child.
In this regard, the lifestyle changes through incorporation of sufficient number of
exercises in the daily routine of the child can be beneficial. Additionally, incorporation of fresh
fruits and vegetables in the diet of the children could help in controlling the bad cholesterol.
Moreover, some of the bright coloured fruits are rich source of antioxidant and has repairing
properties (Anderson, 2016).
Health education plays a significant role in this aspect b helping in removing the myths
and false beliefs possessed by the family members of the obese children. Sometimes the parents
of the children are of the mentality that their child is not obese but healthy (Swinburn, 2013).
These wrong ideologies could only be removed through sufficient health education and
monitoring by active health channels and community networks.
4.1 Systems to promote easier access to healthier foods
The accesses to healthier foods need to be promoted on a community wide basis with the
help of local and federal level government. Healthy eating can improve the health standards of
the community as a whole. Eating healthy foods promote economic development by reducing the