Childhood Obesity Report: Statistics, Health Impacts, and Risk Factors

This report focuses on childhood obesity, providing an overview of the issue, its prevalence, and the impact on children's health. It highlights key statistics, including the increasing rates of childhood obesity in the UK and globally. The report delves into the health consequences of obesity, such as diabetes, heart disease, and psychological issues. It also explores the risk factors associated with childhood obesity, including genetics, lifestyle, and environmental factors. Furthermore, the report references relevant studies and research papers to support its findings, offering a comprehensive analysis of the topic and its implications for public health and individual well-being. The report aims to promote healthy habits within families and motivate children to engage in physical activities to address this critical issue.

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• To promote healthy habits within
families.
• To motivate physical workout for
children so that to engage them in
physical activities which may lead
them to loose weight.
• To examine social-economic
issues for spreading awareness
regarding obesity.
Target
community
Statistics
OBESITY
• Childhood obesity has intensified to
9.7% from 9.5% in the year of 2018-
2019 (Flint, Hudson and Lavallee, 2016).
• The ratio of childhood obesity increased
to 20.2% in the year of 2018-2019.
• The ratio of boys is 10% whereas girls is
9.4% in the year if 2018-2019 as
compared to year 2017-2018.
In the first report which was issued
by NHS in the year of 2006
children were from the age group
of 10-11 those are suffering from
childhood obesity.
In the current time 1 child in
every 5 from primary school are
dealing with problems of obesity.
Besides this 1 out of every 3
children in secondary school are
facing issue of obesity (Lanigan,
Tee and Brandreth, 2019). This
is being analysed that for year
2020 half of the children from
overall population are
overweight and dealing with
childhood obesity in UK.
Introduction Overview of the issue

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OBESITY
Risk elementHealth impacts The messaging tools
for the camping
REFERENCES
BOOKS AND JOURNALS
Children with obesity can face
higher health issues during later
stage of their life. Diabetes, heart
disease, high blood pressure and
stroke are the common physical
implication that can be seen by
obese children (Owen and et. al.,
2018). Obesity may lead to poor
emotional and psychological
growth of an individual.
Obesity is giving various
negative implications to physical
and mental health of an
individual. People may face
problem in changing diet habits
along with depreciating overall
health as well. Reports has
shown that there is a linkage
between maternal obesity and
weight of child during birth.
Children of obese parents are
facing high risk of dealing with
obesity. Children those are in
taking higher calories and doing
limited physical activities are
facing higher risk of obesity.
Cauchi and et. al., 2016. Environmental
components of childhood obesity
prevention interventions: an overview
of systematic reviews. Obesity
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Flint, S.W., Hudson, J. and Lavallee, D.,
2016. The portrayal of obesity in UK
national newspapers. Stigma and
Health. 1(1). p.16.
Lanigan, J., Tee, L. and Brandreth, R.,
2019. Childhood
obesity. Medicine, 47(3), pp.190-194.
Owen and et. al., 2018. Understanding a
successful obesity prevention initiative
in children under 5 from a systems
perspective. PloS one. 13(3).
p.e0195141.