NURBN2009 Health Promotion: Planning a Childhood Obesity Program

This document presents a health promotion program focused on preventing childhood obesity among school children. The program aims to implement lifestyle-based interventions to achieve weight reduction within one year. Key objectives include identifying the obese population, measuring body weight and height to determine basal metabolic rate, and tracking calorie expenditure. Strategies involve nurturing healthy eating habits, providing nutritious food and beverages, improving physical activity, and reducing screen time. The program will run for eight months, including creating and distributing pamphlets, recording measurements, and conducting a four-month follow-up period. The success of the program will be evaluated by analyzing changes in baseline characteristics over one year, with government funding and public awareness campaigns planned to support the initiative. References to relevant research articles are included to support the program's strategies.

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NURBN2009 Health Promotion and Illness Prevention,
Semester 1, 2018
Health Promotion Program Document- Planning
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Document section: Planning.
Student responsible:_________________________________
Question 1:
What is the goal of your program?
This is the broad overall aim (long term changes)
and who is your target population? – relates to
outcome evaluation
(What do you want to achieve? Who do you
want to achieve it?)
The primary goal of the program is related to
preventing childhood obesity. The program aims
to implement a set of lifestyle-based
interventions among obese school children to
achieve a reduction in weight within one year.
Question 2:
What are the objectives that relate to the goals?
How will you realise these goals? – relates to
impact evaluation
(What do you need to do to achieve the goal?)
SMART goals
Specific- Recognise obese population from the
group of school-going children and implement
several lifestyle interventions to reduce their
weight for obesity management.
Measurable- Body weight and height will be
measured to determine the basal metabolic rate
of all participants. An electronic device will be
used to track the amount of calories that have
been burnt.
Attainable- These expected changes in weight

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will be brought about by following certain
interventions:
 Nurturing healthy eating- Creating a
happy atmosphere will promote healthy
eating habits (Roberto et al., 2015).
 Providing healthy food and beverages-
Offering highly nutritious fruits, and
beverages will make them develop a
preference for healthy food, in place of
carbonated drinks (Hawkes et al., 2015).
 Improving physical activity and reducing
sedentary lifestyle- This will lead to
good sleep habits, improved motor
skills, and a healthy weight (Evans et al.,
2014).
 Reducing screen time- Restricting the
time that a child spends on videos, TV,
computers and tablets will also prevent
them from becoming obese (Schmidt et
al., 2012).
Realistic- Making changes in levels of physical
activity, screen time and eating habits are
completely realistic for reducing weight

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Time-bound- Over a period of 1 year
Question 3:
What are the strategies, or activities related to
the objectives? What things will take place on
the ground? -relates to Process evaluation
(What actions will you take to do this?)
 Specific- The children will be taught
about healthy and positive attitude
towards fresh fruits and vegetables.
They will be restricted from consuming
all kinds of soda drinks. It will reduce
calorie intake.
 Measurable- They will be made to learn
several physical activities that can be
performed in their play ground, for a
minimum of 60 minutes per day,
without emphasizing on being
overweight. It will improve basal
metabolism.
 Attainable- Family members will
monitor activities of the child at home.
It will reduce screen time.
 Realistic- Involving major stakeholders
of the government in the program will
greatly benefit its objectives. Engaging
in effective conversation with
government officials. It will increase

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awareness on childhood obesity.
 Time-bound- Weight and height
measurements will be taken every
month. Reduced weight is expected.
Question 4:
What are your timelines? How will you know
when you have realised your objectives?
(How long do you need to make things happen?)
The program will be conducted for a period of 8
months. 2 months will be taken to create
pamphlets on obesity management and
distribute them at schools and community
centres. Measurements related to body weight,
height, feet patterns, duration of physical
exercises will be recorded at the beginning and
end of the intervention period. A follow up
period of 4 months will be conducted, at the
end of which, the impacts of the prevention
program over a time period of 1 year, on the
baseline characteristics, will be analyzed. The
events will also be publicized with appropriate
funding from the government and would
require a time period of 5 months.

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References
Evans, C. C., LePard, K. J., Kwak, J. W., Stancukas, M. C., Laskowski, S., Dougherty, J., ... & Antonopoulos,
D. A. (2014). Exercise prevents weight gain and alters the gut microbiota in a mouse model of
high fat diet-induced obesity. PloS one, 9(3), e92193.
Hawkes, C., Smith, T. G., Jewell, J., Wardle, J., Hammond, R. A., Friel, S., ... & Kain, J. (2015). Smart food
policies for obesity prevention. The Lancet, 385(9985), 2410-2421.
Roberto, C. A., Swinburn, B., Hawkes, C., Huang, T. T., Costa, S. A., Ashe, M., ... & Brownell, K. D. (2015).
Patchy progress on obesity prevention: emerging examples, entrenched barriers, and new
thinking. The Lancet, 385(9985), 2400-2409.
Schmidt, M. E., Haines, J., O'brien, A., McDonald, J., Price, S., Sherry, B., & Taveras, E. M. (2012).
Systematic review of effective strategies for reducing screen time among young
children. Obesity, 20(7), 1338-1354.