Health Promotion Program: Planning Teenage Obesity in Casey, Australia

This report outlines a health promotion program designed to address teenage obesity in the city of Casey, Australia, targeting individuals aged 12-18. The program aims to establish a plan to reduce obesity cases among teenagers by promoting healthy eating habits, increasing physical activity through active transport and sports, and identifying biological, genetic, and cultural factors contributing to obesity. The program's SMART goal is to increase health eating and physical activity. The objectives include promoting teenage health and well-being, supporting healthy food options, and implementing strategies to prevent and limit the consequences of obesity. Actions include conducting workshops, encouraging physical activities, and launching campaigns to promote healthy eating habits. The timeline for the plan is approximately three months for initial sensitization, with an evaluation conducted after six months to assess the achievement of goals and objectives. The report also acknowledges potential challenges, such as overreliance on cars and resistance to dietary changes, while providing references to relevant research and resources.

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Planning regarding obesity in Teenage of over 12 to 18 years in the city of Casey
Question 1:
What is the smart 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?)
Obesity is among the top concern in the city
of Casey. Therefore, this essay aims at
establishing action plans that will reduce
obesity cases among the teenage population
aged 12 to 18 (Hagedorn et al, 2018). The
goal of the program includes;
Increase health eating
Increase physical activity through active
transport that includes cycling and walking
and among students through sport activities
Determine the biological and genetic
endowment factors that might cause obesity
Identify the cultural factors that cause an
increase in obesity
Provision of a dietary guideline, encourage
the expansion of health food industries and
groceries. And a curriculum that teaches on a
diet in school along with the establishment of
several workshops.
Question 2:
What are the objectives that relate to your
The key objective is promoting teenage health
and wellbeing leading to life satisfaction.
Strategies to achieve the objective are;

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goal? What strategies will you use to realize
these?
-relates to impact evaluation
(What changes do you need to make to
achieve the goal?)
Supporting health foods and drinks, support
health restaurants, and sell fresh agro farm
products. The city also needs changes in their
housing facility. The houses should be made
in that they allow spaces that have cycling
and walking.
Another objective is the ways to avoid the
occurrence of obesity, to limit it, and limit its
consequences. This should be done either
through conducting campaigns or television
programs.
Question 3:
What are the actions related to or activities
related to the objectives? What things will
take place on the ground?
-relates to process evaluation
(what will you do to make the changes)
Several research has been undertaken to
ensure the best plan is implemented.
Workshops have been formed, engaging the
target population and ensure the best results
are achieved.
Physical activities have been encouraged in
teenagers like sports and recreation with
minimal car dependency.
Teenagers regularly consume junk foods that
contain high amounts of calories and engage
in less exercise. This leads to an increase in
body weight (Spilková, 2016). The culture of

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over-reliance on fast foods also exist. These
fast foods have a lot of calories, and therefore
teenagers will be sanitized on avoidance and
instead shift to fresh foods. This should be
done through campaigns or television
programs (Styne, 2017).
Question 4:
What is your timeline? What challenges
might occur in meeting your target?
(How long do you need to make things
happen?)
Because there are minimal chances of genetic
factors causing obesity, therefore, the most
significant challenge that can occur is the
great overreliance on cars and unwilling to
limit the use of junk food. Unresponsive is
another challenge that can be encountered.
This action plan will take a short time of
around three months to sensitize all the
teenagers. Although the healing process might
take quite a long time. After a period of six
months, all the interviewing process will be
over, and an evaluation should be carried to
determine if the expected goals and objectives
have been met.
References

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Hagedorn, R. L., White, J. A., Franzen-Castle, L., Colby, S. E., Kattelmann, K. K., White, A. A.,
& Olfert, M. D. (2018). Teens implementing a childhood obesity prevention program in
the community: feasibility and perceptions of a partnership with HSTA and iCook 4-
H. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(5), 934.
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/5/934#
Spilková, J. (2016). Teenage overweight and obesity: A pilot study of obesogenic and
obesoprotective environments in the Czech Republic. Moravian Geographical
Reports, 24(1), 55-64.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2016-0005
Styne, D. M., Arslanian, S. A., Connor, E. L., Farooqi, I. S., Murad, M. H., Silverstein, J. H., &
Yanovski, J. A. (2017). Pediatric obesity—assessment, treatment, and prevention: an
Endocrine Society Clinical Practice guideline. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &
Metabolism, 102(3), 709-757.
You can read about obesity at the city of Case under the following link below
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/documents/council/SCEP/EDPH/Subs/
No.42_Casey.pdf