Impact of Diabetes, Obesity, and Eating Habits on Australian Youth

This report addresses the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity among youth, particularly in Australia, emphasizing the faster progression of insulin resistance in obese children. It highlights the impact of unhealthy eating habits, the availability of fast food, and the influence of internet usage on youth food preferences, leading to concerns about nutrient intake. The report discusses eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, and presents a project aimed at raising awareness about healthy food habits, promoting adolescent health, and increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in schools and educational institutions. The project aims to provide support for young people to adopt and maintain healthy eating behaviors, develop healthy environments in schools and colleges, and educate others about the advantages of healthy food habits, leading to increased energy, productivity, and reduced risk of long-term illness. Furthermore, the report mentions an initiative by local nurses to educate youth through lectures about the consequences of healthy versus unhealthy food choices, aiming to give local youth more control over their food choices and implement plans to make the country healthy and fit.

Better Eating Habits among the Youth
An initiative that…
While the respnsiblity about items of food is not taken seriously by young population. The more experienced people need to assist them in order
to make correct choice by giving them some examples and information
The initiative has been taken by local nurses which will promote better eating habits among the youth by visiting local schools and offering
lectures. The young students will be educated in these lectures about the differences in future consequences brought about by consuming healthy
against unhealthy foods.
At a glance -
Concerns for Australia…
Recently, in Australia the concerns attached to unhealthy eating habits among youth have increased in numbers. The wide variety of options for afst
food is available and a major change in the lifestyle of youth have been brought by the Internet use, a cheap commodity of food is more preffered by
the youth today. The nutrient and healthy food items is not preferred by youth.
Benefits of project
 This project will make the youth aware about unhealthy food habits
 The adolescent health.will be promoted with well-implemented project.
 The project promises to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among the youth in schools as well as educational
institutions in Australia.
 With this project the help to young people will be provided and it will adopt and maintain healthy eating behavuior
 At schools and collges healthy environment will be developed as the youth will intake healthy food products such as
fruits,vegetables etc.
 With this project they will also make aware other people about healthy food habits.Thyec antell them the advnathes of
heathy food habits .
 More energy and increased productivity at work will be tehre die to eating a healthy diet.
 With this program the youth who are working will be motivated to stay in work.The risk of long-term illness will be
less.This way for worforce such type of employees will be an asset and employee productivity will increase.
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Healthy community
Makes the youth aware
about healthy eating habits
Obesity
Implements plans to make
the country heath and fit
Gives local youth more control over
their food choices
Eating disorders
Anorexia- This disease can be caused due to
eating disorder. This can be a life-threatening
disorder and is cause mainly due to low weight.
Bulimia- This is also an eating disorder. The
people with bulimia have fear of gaining weight.
There can be loss of control over eating in this
disease.
Diabetes in youth
The significance increase in type 2 diabetes
among youth which is affected by obesity.
The progression in obese children of insulin
resistance is faster. About more than 75%
case of people in country are suffering from
type 2 -diab.tes