BSc Public Health Portfolio: Disease and Health Perspectives

This portfolio, submitted as part of a BSc (Hons) in Public Health program at the University of West London, explores the evolving perspectives of disease and health and their subsequent influence on contemporary public health practices. The portfolio analyzes obesity statistics in the UK, highlighting the increasing prevalence of obesity among adults and children. It examines how changing perspectives on diet and lifestyle have contributed to this issue, impacting public health practices. The assignment emphasizes the need for increased awareness and improved public health strategies to address the negative consequences of obesity, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and other related health problems. The portfolio references key sources, including academic journals and online resources, to support its analysis and conclusions. The analysis provides insight into the importance of public health practices to safeguard society from obesity-related diseases.

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Changing perspectives of disease and health along with how this has influenced current public
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Changing perspectives of disease and health along with how this has
influenced current public health practice
As per the recent obesity statistics of UK it has been analysed that the more than 28.7% of
total adults in England are going through a medical condition of obesity along with other 35.6%
of the population who are taken as overweight (Obesity Statistics, 2019). Thus, an implication
can be made that the a changing perspective is seen in individuals from the childhood towards
junk food and other unhealthy daily routine has seen which has lead to 9.5% of reception age
children (age 4-5) are suffering from obesity, with a further 12.8% overweight while at age 10-
11 (year 6), 20.1% are obese and 14.2% overweight (le Roux and et. al., 2020). The increase in
issue of obesity has lead to a significant impact on the current public health practises as it lead to
global incidence of the many cardiovascular disease comprises of type 2 diabetes mellitus, work
disability, cancer and osteoarthritis along with a profuse impact on the morbidity as compared to
mortality. Thus, a more awareness and enhanced level of perspective about the issue and
negative consequences of obesity is required to have better public health practices to protect
society from these disease caused by obesity (Capehorn, Haslam and Welbourn, 2016).
REFERENCES
Books and journal
le Roux, C.W. and et. al., 2020. Obesity, cardiovascular risk and healthcare resource utilization
in the UK. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, p.2047487320925639.
Capehorn, M.S., Haslam, D.W. and Welbourn, R., 2016. Obesity treatment in the UK health
system. Current obesity reports, 5(3), pp.320-326.
Online:
Obesity Statistics. 2019. [Online] Available Through:<
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn03336/ >.
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