Report on Strategies and Challenges for Obesity Reduction in Casey

This report addresses the issue of obesity reduction in the City of Casey, with a specific focus on the teenage population aged 12-18. The primary goal is to promote healthy eating habits and increase physical activity through initiatives such as walking and cycling. The report identifies biological, cultural, and genetic factors contributing to obesity and proposes strategies, including healthy food promotion, support for healthy restaurants, and the expansion of cycling and walking infrastructure. Furthermore, the report discusses the use of campaigns and television programs to educate the public on obesity. It acknowledges the challenges, such as reliance on cars and the reluctance to limit junk food consumption, and emphasizes the importance of regular evaluation to assess the effectiveness of the implemented strategies. The report also references several studies and workshops aimed at engaging the target population and promoting healthier lifestyles.

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Question 1:
 The main goal of this program is to reduce obesity in the city of Casey, and the target
population is teenage population who are from the age group of 12 to 18.
 The goal is to eat healthy and increase physical activity such as walking and cycling.
 Identifying biological, cultural, and genetic endowment factors that cause obesity.
 Providing dietary guideline, encouraging the expansion of healthy food industries, and
establishing workshops in this regard (Hagedorn et al., 2018).
Question 2:
 Strategies will be to support healthy food intake, supporting the healthy restaurants,
and sell fresh agro farm products.
 Changing housing facility in the city to allow more space for cycling and walking.
 Another objective will be to conduct campaign or television programs to limit obesity
and its consequences (Hagedorn et al., 2018).
Question 3:
 Several researches have been conducted to form workshop and engage target
population in order to ensure best result.
 Physical activities such as sports and recreation with minimal car dependency have
been encouraged.
 Junk food contain high amount of calories that causes obesity and teenagers are
encouraged to avoid junk foods and instead shift to fresh foods and daily exercises.
 Different campaigns and television programs are organized in this purpose (Spilková,
2016).
Question 4:

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 Genetic factors are minimal cause of obesity and hence, the main challenge is
overreliance on cars and reluctance to limit the use of junk foods.
 Target population can be unresponsive and so getting response from the teenagers is
another challenge.
 The healing process will take time and the interviewing process will be over after six
months of period.
 An evaluation will be carried in order to find if the expected goals and objectives have
been met (Styne et al., 2017).

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