...There is a growing epidemic of childhood obesity in Australia and also worldwide. The prevalence of obesity has doubled to 65% of the world’s population live in countries where obesity and overweight kills more people than underweight does (WHO, 2011). Obese children are more likely to have health problems throughout their childhood, these health issues are associated with long-term health consequences to which the economic costs are enormous (Swinburn, 2008). Obesity in childhood is frequently tracked into adulthood, this is clearly a major contributor for the adulthood epidemic. Interventions and preventions have become key strategies in reducing the impact of childhood obesity. Through national and international health promotions, promoting healthy eating and physical activity in environments that reduce childhood obesity. The rapid increase of childhood obesity not only is it a burden on psychological, physical but also socially (Deckelbaum & Williams, 2005). Health care professionals such as nurses’ play a very important role in the prevention or management of obesity. Nurses’ can research current evidence in health promotions to find the best program for different populations by providing support and management of their illness (Bluford, Sherry & Scanlon, 2007). Throughout this is essay all these points will be discussed in more detail. Obesity and overweight have been defined as an excess or abnormal fat accumulation that may impair health within children and adults...
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...Public Health Nutrition: 9(7), 889–895 DOI: 10.1017/PHN2005917 Parental concerns about childhood obesity and the strategies employed to prevent unhealthy weight gain in children David Crawford1,*, Anna Timperio1, Amanda Telford2 and Jo Salmon1 1 Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia: 2Division of Exercise Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Submitted 8 June 2005: Accepted 21 November 2005 Abstract Objectives: To describe parental concerns about their child’s weight, to determine the proportion of parents taking preventive action to avoid obesity in their children and the predictors of taking preventive action, and to describe the strategies adopted by parents. Design: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Children’s heights and weights were measured, and parents completed a questionnaire that included measures of their own weight status, perceptions of their child’s weight, concerns about their child’s current weight and future weight as an adolescent and adult, and the strategies used to prevent obesity. Setting: The study was conducted in Melbourne, Australia. Subjects: A total of 291 families of children aged 5–6 years and 919 families of children aged 10–12 years participated. Results: Eighty-nine per cent of parents of overweight 5–6-year-olds and 63% of parents of overweight 10–12-year-olds...
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...the strategies that are aimed at either preventing obesity or decreasing the burden of health related issues caused by obesity that currently exists within Australia. Obesity is identified as one of the Australia’s National Health Priority areas. Globally obesity ranks as the fifth leading cause of mortality. Obesity is also a major contributor to the burden of diabetes at 44%, ischaemic heart disease at 23% and around 7 to 41% for certain cancers.1 In this essay I will be focusing on childhood obesity, where it is estimated that in 2010, 43 million children under the age of 5 years will be categorised as being overweight or obese.1 Queensland unfortunately has the highest rate of obesity within Australia at around 18.5% of the population. Of which 19 to 24% of Australian school age children are overweight or obese.2 Whilst researching this issue I came across Bowen Athletics Club who investigated the influence of improving food choices in their canteen had on their members. Many of their strategies incorporated initiatives that had been tabled within the Eat Well Queensland project, which looked at Social Determinants of health, productivity and cooperation from local and state governments and non-government agencies. I will then conclude that based on evidenced sourced that the actions and strategies that the Bowen Athletics Club used seemed sufficient enough in changing attitudes and behaviours of it’s members. Obesity is caused by an increase in body fat by inappropriate...
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...‘Obesity is a social issue because of parenting and family issues rather than a food issue. What role do families play in the increasing level of obesity in Australian children?’ Childhood obesity levels are rising in many countries throughout the world, including Australia. Numerous studies of Australian, overweight children, have shown obesity has doubled in recent years with 20% - 25% of children now considered obese or overweight (Batch & Baur 2005, p.130). The health and social problems associated with obesity in children are numerous, pushing health practitioners and researchers to uncover solutions for this issue. While evidence points to many dissimilar rationales, much emphasis is being placed upon parents and their role in educating and providing children with effective lifestyle behaviours, focussed on gaining control of the obesity wave. This essay explores the parent’s responsibilities and influences on their child’s weight; through nutritional choices, physical activity and screen time (television, computer and video games), as well as marital status and parenting styles. It will also discuss research showing genetics to be a large portion of the illustration into the world of childhood obesity, and could be the exception to placing blame on the family. Treatment programs for obese children are taking into account parental influences of food choices within the family. Parents are exclusively accountable for the procurement and preparation of healthy...
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...disadvantages of differing testing screen methods and results. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australian Health Survey 2012, reported that in 2011 – 12 the prevalence of all reported diabetes was at 4.0% (875,400 people) and had remained the same as the 2007/’08 period. Of these people 12.4% had T1DM, 85.3% had T2DM while the remaining 2.3% had diabetes of another kind. Tanamas S, et al. (2013) stated that the prevalence of type two diabetes in peoples over the age of 25 years in Australia is 7.4% and that a further 7.4% remain undiagnosed. The dominance of western lifestyles and diets has contributed to a dramatic rise in obesity within the population. It is contended that obesity is preventable and reversible. Type Two Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) develops within a significant percentage of the obese populous (Connor T et al 2015, Kasuga M 2006, O’Rahilly S 2009, Prentki M, and Nolan C 2006, Rouman C, Blaak E and Corpeleijin E, 2009, Tanamas S, et al 2013). Apart from obesity and inactivity people diagnosed with T2DM often have other contributing risk...
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...Introduction Farming Organic Grain Growers Association is a food processing organization situated in Balranald Australia and gluten free preservative free ‘Healthy Muesli’ breakfast cereal is the item for consumption introduced by the organization for this marketplace and it is determined on nourishment and consumers vigorous life choices. This analysis will show in today’s competitive market environment it is necessary to have a deep understanding about the market structure and environment before launching any new product or even to retain the existing product line in today’s highly vigorous market place. In analysing the market this will explain the significance to understanding the 6 major forces of the macro-environment factors as these factors can create a major impact on the company’s performance and they can also help increase the competition in the market as well. In today’s rapidly growing business environment and with other factors like technology, the socio-economic issues and demographics impacts are continuously compelling the business world to adapt them and Farming Organic Grain Growers Association will need to adapt in order to cope with all the changes that are taking place in their macro environment. Demographics The preliminary investigation was determined on six confined macro environment factors that could potentially influence the sales of the product. The factors in support of the promotion of the manufactured goods gluten free preservative free ‘Healthy...
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...ARNOTT’S, AUSTRALIA Executive summary: This paper consists of the product launch plan for Arnott snacks Australia for the woman segment as a healthy snack option. Table of Content Executive Summary 1.Introduction 2. Situation analysis 3. Justification for product launch: 4. Market segment(s) to be targeted & the planned positioning strategy 5. Demand estimate 6. Marketing mix strategy 7. Conclusion Reference 1. Introduction This paper is about the product launch by Arnotts which is one of the most reputed company in the Australian snacks market and largest in Asia-pacific region. The company has been serving its client with various snacks options from last 144 years. This is part of day to day lives of millions of people in Australia. The company’s website claims that “It is the icon of the Australia. Millions of Australians have grown up with ARNOTT’S during the past 144 years. This company has an efficient access throughout the Australia.” The strategic approach and innovative products have helped the company in maintaining the financial stability in its target markets. The company employs more than 2600 people at various positions in the form of direct employment. The expenditure on the Australian biscuits and snacks for the company is more than $350 million. Company has invested above $27 million for buying new ovens and equipments at one of its bakery in South Australia. The other investment was done in ARNOTT’S Huntingwood bakery in New South...
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...psychodynamic, behaviourist, cognitive and the hierarchy of needs. This essay will also evaluate the best perspective to eliminate sleep deprivation with the cases studies discussing the general hypothesis of sleep and sleep deprivation. Basic Perspectives on Motivation: Evaluating Five Accounts for Sleep and Sleep Deprivation Sleep is one of our basic needs to survive and to function in day to day operations, but not everyone needs the same amount of sleep. Some people can survive on very little sleep, i.e. five hours a night, and some people need a lot of sleep, to the extend that they are sleeping up to 10 to sometimes 15 hours a night (Nature, 2005). According to Wilson (2005) the general rule states that most people need from seven to eight hours of sleep. The deprivation of sleep in our society in continually increasing with the demands in society increasing work loads, the myth that a few hours of sleep is only necessary to function properly and that sleep is sometimes considered as killing time (Nature, 2005). Sometimes sleep deprivation is also caused by other situations like sleep disorders, i.e. sleep apnoea, chronic insomnia or medical conditions such as stress (Wilson, 2005). According to Wilson (2005), sleep deprivation can cause not only traffic accidents, but also medical conditions such as: obesity, type 2 diabetes, metabolic disorder, heart problems, dementia, psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety (Nature, 2005). Nature...
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...The usefulness and potential of artificial/non-caloric sweeteners as weapons to reduce or control obesity in the general population Abstract Obesity is a growing global health problem in the work. Many are increasing in weight and seeking ways to reduce weight or solution to stop matter from getting worse. Over a century ago many accidental discovery of sweetening agent which called artificial sweeteners with low or zero calories ought to be able to assist with obese and overweight issues. Many research have been done to find the actually benefit of artificial sweeteners. Sweeteners benefit from being much sweeter than normal sugar and could reach up to 600 times sweeter than sugar which industries took advantage in cutting cost of their product and heavily promote the benefit side of artificial sweeteners. Studies shows that artificial sugar does help to cut sugar calories low but on the other the population is getting more over weight on correlation with the use of artificial sugar. People tend to consume more calories from other food instead. Real sugar allows your body to accurately determine that it has received enough calories, thereby activating satiety signaling. Without the calories, your appetite is activated by the sweet taste, but as your body keeps waiting for the calories to come, sensations of hunger remain. Nonetheless many have criticized artificial sugar but it does help to reduce tooth decay and give the privilege of diabetes to satisfy the sweet tooth...
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...researchers that wanted to see what effect physical education taught by specialist would have on elementary school kids. The experiment also was aimed at finding out if physical education helped out in academic achievement. The name of the experiment is Physical Education, Obesity, and Academic Achievement: A 2-Year Longitudinal Investigation of Australian Elementary School Children. The authors behind this experiment are Richard D. Telford, Ross B. Cunningham, Robert Fitzgerald, Lisa S. Olive, Laurence Prosser, Xiaoli Jiang, Rohan M Telford. The basis of the experiment was to find out whether PE (Physical Education) taught by specialist contributed to development academically, along with prevention of obesity in elementary school children. They didn't choose a side, they were just trying to collect data to see the effects. There was no definite hypothesis statement. Prior information on the experiment says that schools have always had to work on increasing literacy and numeracy proficiency but now are faced with trying to prevent obesity too. Physical activity is implied at the obesity end directly but there is evidence that it may benefit cognitive development as well (Hillmam, Erickson, Kramer 2008). In Australia the government elementary schools have PE that is conducted by a general classroom teacher, with little or no physical education training. In the States less time is being put towards PE because of literacy and numeracy test issued by the government (Coe, Pivarnik, Womack...
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...Student I.D. 3033538 Assignment 5: OBESITY IN AMERICA Course: ENG 255 Contact: mehreen112002@yahoo.com OBESITY IN AMERICA Obesity, a word which can brings anyone‘s attention into focus these days and a top contributor to other diseases as the obesity related illnesses are currently responsible for 300,000 deaths per year in the United States .As per the latest official statistics, nearly 25 percent of Canadian children and around 60 percent of Canadian adults happen to be obese. And it’s the leading cause of death of nearly 25,000 Canadians annually. Because sedentary lifestyles, lack of exercise, and stress also contribute to this problem, people want a quick fix to weight loss and naturally that leads them to fad diets or pills, instead of behavior modification. (Kaur, 2011). Obesity is a medical term used to describe a state of excessive body weight, when it is at least 20% higher than the stipulated norm within a specific population category (Simon, 2011). Obesity is defined as having a body-mass index of 30 or more, a measure of weight for height. It has long been debated whether obesity is a relative measure and should not be used as a stigma to label overweight people. However, the fact is, when the weight of a person significantly exceeds a certain norm for their age and gender, the health and well-being of that person tend to generally decrease in quality. Obesity might not be a serious disease...
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...Novak, N. L., & Brownell, K. D. (2012). Role of Policy and Government in the Obesity Epidemic. Circulation, 126(19), 2345-2352. doi:10.1161/circulationaha.111.037929 This article shows that obesity is the top priority of public health in the United States. Reducing obesity requires changing policies to improve the food and physical activity of all Americans, not just individuals. However, experience shows that implementing some policies that are good for public health is difficult in politics. This article can help my article gives some of the policies to solve the problem of unhealthy...
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...Due to over 18% of people in Australia participated in fitness activities in 2010 (Fitness Australia 2012), this report focuses on finding a better gym model. Firstly, it provides an overview of two 24/7 gyms called Anytime Fitness (A) and Jetts (J). Secondly, it uses one critical thinking tool and two business concepts to analyse the internal and external factors. Finally, it draws a conclusion about which gym may have a better future. Case Study Overview This part summaries the background information and differences in terms of scale, geographical distribution, operation mode, revenue, satisfaction between two gyms. According to Anytime Fitness and Jetts official website (2014), the number of A’s members is 10 times larger than J’s all over the world. In addition, Anytime Fitness covers 16 countries and it has clubs in the North Territory. However, statistics from Entrepreneur (2014) show an unbalanced distribution of A, with the number of nearly 75% (1839/2459) franchise clubs located in USA. In contrast, J focuses more on domestic market, especially in Queensland. According to GymsGuide (2014), J has over 70 outlets in Queensland out of 191 outlets in Australia. Moving to operation mode, both of them are franchise. The franchise growth of A and J are 219% and 166% respectively (Business Review Weekly 2013). Furthermore, although J’s fixed fee of joining and access is approximately $39 higher than A’s, the monthly fee is lower and there is no lock-in contracts. Heathcote...
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...Matthew Stark Sociology 422 Professor Bradshaw 5 May 2015 Childhood Obesity: Is there an elucidation? 1. Describe the Policy, Program or Topic: The growth in childhood obesity over the past several decades, together with the associated health problems and costs, is raising serious concern among health care professionals, policy experts, children’s advocates, and parents. Childhood obesity is defined “in terms of body mass index (BMI), which in turn is defined as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared” (Anderson). According to the Obesity Action Coalition “a child is defined as “affected by obesity” if their body mass index-for-age (or BMI-for-age) percentile is greater than 95 percent. A child is defined as “overweight” if their BMI-for-age percentile is greater than 85 percent and less than 95 percent.” BMI has become the frontrunner for measuring a child’s weight condition, but only a physician can best determine and diagnoses weight status in children. Obesity is not just a problem in the United States but around the world as well. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey have been recording overweight and obesity in children since the early 1960’s. During 1971–74 about five percent of children aged two to nineteen years were obese but it has increase significantly throughout the years. By 1980 and 1988-94, the numbers nearly doubled in children and between the years of 1998-2002, nearly fifteen percent of United States children have become...
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...Obesity: A Global Epidemic Introduction This analysis dives deep into the rising trend of obesity, and is designed to juxtapose the actions of McDonald’s corporation and the increasing trend of consumer preference of organic, healthy products. The market of food consumers is becoming increasingly health-focused although the simultaneous increases in obesity in almost all countries seem to be driven mainly by changes in the global food system, which is producing more processed, affordable, and effectively marketed food than ever before (Swinburn, 137). If fast-food chains such as McDonald’s ignore these changes in consumer knowledge and preferences, they will not survive the onslaught of other, new companies who now seek to bring fast, healthy food to the consumer’s table. Many of the labels that Label Print Technologies (LPT) produces are for smaller, organic food manufacturers who seek to bring a healthy product to their customers. The growth of the organic product industry has created large areas of growth in many different industries; the label industry is ripe for the picking and LPT is ready to act. Where once there were big manufacturers looking to have hundreds of thousands of labels produced at once, there are now smaller, health-focused companies looking for more intricately designed labels to adorn their high quality products, and not necessarily in mass quantity. Obesity is defined as fat accumulation that may impair health. The World Health Organization...
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