Effect of Weight and Nutrition on Hispanics: A Health Promotion Report

This report investigates the impact of weight and nutrition on Hispanic communities, highlighting the importance of family-centered health promotion. The report references Healthy People 2020 goals and emphasizes the higher prevalence of overweight individuals within the Hispanic population compared to other ethnic groups in the United States. It explores evidence-based approaches, such as weight loss treatments for individuals with a BMI over 30kg/m2, and underscores the value of family-centered interventions to address physical inactivity. The report also profiles the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a resource for information on physical activity and healthy eating. The provided references support the arguments presented, offering data on Hispanic health behaviors, weight management, and health promotion strategies. This analysis aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the issue and potential solutions.

FAMILY CENTERED HEALTH PROMOTION

Effect of weight and nutrition on Hispanics
Description
One of the goals of healthy people 2020 is maintaining a healthy weight by
encouraging the consumption of healthy foods in adequate levels. The reason behind
this objective is based on concrete scientific evidence that nutrition had a great
impact on one`s weight(Garcia, Valdez, & Hooker, 2015).
In the United States, the likelihood of a Hispanic man being overweight is
10% higher than those of other ethnic communities(Ogden, Carroll, Kit, &
Flegal, 2014).

Evidence Based Approaches
To address this problem, evidence based data recommend that individuals with
BMI of more than 30kg/m2 of those with a BMI between 25 and 29.9kg/m2
seek weight loss treatment. Even though there are, several methods of reducing
weight medically like weight loss surgery, Pharmacotherapy and behavioral
treatment (Jensen et al., 2014).

Family-Centered Health Promotions
Since individual spend most of their time with family it makes sense to
develop a family-centered health promotion intervention that addresses the
problem of physical inactivity among adults and the youth (Jennifer Irene
Flynn, 2014).

Profile of a Health Related Organization
Centres for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) provides detailed
information on physical activity. Some of the topics CDC covers are
importance of physical activity, data and statistics, Strategies of promoting
physical activity and basic forms of physical activities that can be done by
anyone(“Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight,” 2019).

References
Adams, M. L., Katz, D. L., & Shenson, D. (2016). A healthy lifestyle composite measure: Significance and potential
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Garcia, D. O., Valdez, L. A., & Hooker, S. P. (2015). Hispanic Male’s Perspectives of Health Behaviors Related to Weight
Management. American Journal of Men’s Health, 11(5), 1547–1559. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988315619470
Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight. (2019). Retrieved from cdc website:
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/healthy_eating/index.html
Jennifer Irene Flynn. (2014). Active Families in the Great Outdoors: A family-centered program to increase physical
activity levels, perceptions, and behaviors. Retrieved from Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange website:
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/2821/
Jensen, M. D., Ryan, D. H., Apovian, C. M., Ard, J. D., Comuzzie, A. G., Donato, K. A., … Yanovski, S. Z. (2014). 2013
AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. Journal of the American College of
Cardiology, 63(25), 2985–3023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.11.004
Ogden, C. L., Carroll, M. D., Kit, B. K., & Flegal, K. M. (2014). Prevalence of childhood and adult obesity in the United
States, 2011-2012. JAMA, 311(8), 806–814. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.732