Dissertation Chapter Discussion: Analysis of Obesity Research Studies

This dissertation chapter discussion analyzes four research articles related to obesity, focusing on their literature reviews, methodologies, sampling techniques, and key findings. The analysis evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of each article, examining aspects such as the impact of lifestyle on health, the effectiveness of different methodologies, and the reliability of sampling methods. The studies explore the role of nurses in addressing obesity, including their responsibilities in health promotion, dietary plans, and exercise recommendations. The report highlights the impact of obesity on health, the influence of breakfast habits, and the need for more professional hands to promote health in clinical organizations. The analysis also identifies the limitations of each study, such as vague nursing responsibilities, lack of consistency, and the need for more specific strategies and behavioral techniques.

DISSERTATION CHAPTER -
DISCUSSION

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1- Chrystalleni Lazarou and Christiana Kouta, 2010.....................................................1
LR................................................................................................................................................1
SAMPLING................................................................................................................................1
FINDINGS..................................................................................................................................1
ARTICLE 2- Ashwell, M. (2013) ...................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW...........................................................................................................1
METHODOLOGY......................................................................................................................1
SAMPLING................................................................................................................................1
FINDINGS..................................................................................................................................1
ARTICLE 3- Darch, J., Baillie, L. and Gillison, F. (2017).............................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW...........................................................................................................1
METHODOLOGY......................................................................................................................1
SAMPLING................................................................................................................................1
FINDINGS..................................................................................................................................1
ARTICLE 4- Rabbitt, A. and Coyne, I. (2012)...............................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW...........................................................................................................1
METHODOLOGY......................................................................................................................1
SAMPLING................................................................................................................................1
FINDINGS..................................................................................................................................1

ARTICLE 1- Chrystalleni Lazarou and Christiana Kouta, 2010
LR
Strength: It has put insights on the rise of various diseases like diabetes, hypertension etc. due to
increased obesity cases in adults. The main culprits found in this study are ignorance, lack of
awareness, high dependency on packaged foods due to blazing lifestyle patterns.
Weakness: It has impacted the need of health promotion with the role of nurses, but did not given
any adverse implications. But, their responsibilities are vague and not specific. Also, it did not
mention about the driving forces for aetiology.
METHODOLOGY
Strength: Qualitative data analysis has been implemented which focused on the content analysis
and narrative analysis as well. In this regard, the identification of data has been validated from
the article written by Chrystalleni Lazarou, and Christiana Kouta. Secondary methods of data
collection has been employed which made it easier for researchers to collect data.
Weakness: Here, analysis part was generic based, whether the transferability component is
applicable or not. It involved those sources which did not give reliability and validity.
SAMPLING
Strength: Non-probablitity purposive sampling method was used. The population who are
affected by obesity have been considered to give genuine data for this research.
Weakness: Size has not been specified again leading to the reliability quotient.
FINDINGS
Strength: It has been found that imbibing proper guidelines in adoption of healthy habits like
exercising, regular meals etc. can affect the well-being of an individual effectively.
Weakness: Nursing practises must be made more transparent

ARTICLE 2- Ashwell, M. (2013)
LITERATURE REVIEW
Strength: It highlighted that obesity is not a fad but a multifactorial medical condition, which is
dependent on genetic, environmental or metabolic parameters. Additionally, it gave insights on
the significance of having breakfast on regular basis are slimmer than those who skip it.
Weakness: Here, the studies are inaccurate due to lack of consistency as there different types of
breakfast options. However, it provided a review on the consumption of cereal and weight.
METHODOLOGY
Strength: Quantitative analysis gave nine references, out of which four were children. This laid
the research towards a specific direction and measured the outcomes through precision and
coherent approach.
Weakness: There were no clarity found in the specified evidence. Along with, the statistics or
data collected were not significant but pointed towards the objective of this study.
SAMPLING
Strength:In regard to the same, onset of digitalization has also been discouraged and with over-
dependency on television, mobile phones have paved the path of inactive physical state of adults.
Along with the emergence of eating out trend has been associated to intake of unhealthy diets or
food habits. However, this have affected the overconsumption of calories leading to involve the
clinical help for sustenance effectively.
Weakness: In this research study, sampling has been collected from varied sources.
FINDINGS
Strength: Adults with cereal breakfast found with lower BMI (Body Mass Index) and are not
prone to weight issues.
Weakness: No evidence suggested that children with daily consumption of cereals are healthier
than the ones who do not follow it.

ARTICLE 3- Darch, J., Baillie, L. and Gillison, F. (2017)
LITERATURE REVIEW
Strength: Nursing practices have been promoted for generating awareness to understand the
technicalities of combating obesity in effective and appropriate methodology. In addition, nurses
are the professionals who has outlined the guidelines in context to loss of weight, dietary plans
and other nutritional approaches, adopting exercise, meditation to bring the positive energy
balance in the environment.
Weakness: Emphasis on necessity of self healing but no suggestions mentioned on how to be
empowered.
METHODOLOGY
Strength: Qualitative data supported by identification of each attribute with their consequences in
proper manner.
Weakness: Sampling has been collected from varied sources making it ambiguous and not
validated.
SAMPLING
Strength:Participants are professional nurses from all parts, providing the platform of
international integration.
Weaknesses: This sample size is reliable but not validated as the variations in different scenarios
and the available resources to them.
FINDINGS
Strength: It shed light on the nurses' health which get affected due to inconsistencies in their job
profiles like night shifts, attending emergency cases and more.
Weakness: This highlighted the complicated structure but did not provide any solutions to
combat it.

ARTICLE 4- Rabbitt, A. and Coyne, I. (2012)
LITERATURE REVIEW
Strength: Overall, it defined the implications of obesity by demonstrated that prevention is better
than cure, however this primary detection for laying the foundation for obesity treatment must
not be undervalued and hence, nurses responsibility has been recommended.
Weakness: This assessment must have done in the early stages of interventions which proved
more beneficial. Thus, nurses with the help of the entire clinical set up can take a holistic
viewpoint to provide the patient with the best care by fulfilling their requirements, dilemmas,
queries and needs through collaborative framework effectually.
METHODOLOGY
Strength:Quantitative Analysis helps in generation of new data and facts with new outlines
required to survive the critical cases in effective manner.
Weakness: It is a time consuming procedure with no validation in context of the data collection
and the approachability by which those nurses provided their experiences, details etc.
SAMPLING
Strength: The size was fixed, that is 623 registered nurses. This resulted in proper evaluation of
all the objectives in systematic order.
Weakness: It emphasised on the needs and requirements but lacked any specifications in context
to strategies laid by the board of health and sanitation sector.
FINDINGS
Strength: It shed light on the necessity of more professional hands to promote the health
promotion in legal mode by describing the approaches adopted by all clinical organisations.
Weakness: This study did not suggest about the behavioural techniques that must be employed
by nurses in the situational crisis.