Psychosocial factors associated with Childhood Obesity
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS: Module 4.1
**Discuss about Childhood Obesity in general in the US. Present some statistics and information on childhood obesity in the US. Also that it’s included in the objectives of Healthy people 2020-- Durbin, J., Baguioro, M., & Jones, D. (2018). Pediatric obesity in primary practice: A review of the literature. Pediatric Nursing, 44(4), 202-206.
-Also may include: Because childhood obesity is such a serious health indicator (Healthy people 2020), the Institute of Medicine has establish clear goals related to obesity prevention. The major categories include improve the collective impact of obesity prevention efforts, improve the physical activity environment, improve the food and beverage environment, Improve the messaging environment, Improve health care and worksites and Improve school and child care environments.
- Then discuss about Childhood psychosocial challenges and risk for obesity in U.S. men and women, Childhood psychosocial challenges that are associated with obesity (i.e., adversities, mental and substance use disorders, social challenges) that may relate to the onset of obesity and extreme obesity. Basically all of this information is on this article: will upload
Wall, M. M., Mason, S. M., Liu, J., Olfson, M., Neumark-Sztainer, D., & Blanco, C. (2019). Childhood psychosocial challenges and risk for obesity in U.S. men and women. Translational Psychiatry, 9, 1-12.
This is the end of the article which may help for the conclusion
“In the study, The fact that most (73.2%) of adults with obesity were not overweight in childhood highlights the importance of this developmental window for obesity prevention. The well documented challenges of weight loss and obesity treatment further support the urgent need for a prevention focus during childhood and adolescence. Our findings are consistent with a growing body of research suggesting that childhood experiences may have impacts across the life course. Identifying specific childhood psychosocial challenges that are salient for obesity can help target prevention programs to those at highest risk for obesity, before significant weight gain has occurred. Our results add to the existing literature on risk factors for obesity in several ways”
***Please use my references. If you add any new reference, it must be from scholarly peer review articles, nothing from .com, or other online books,etc.
*** Avoid starting any sentence with “This, these, it” a
*** try to avoid “as well as” as much as possible
**Please don’t forget to back up all the paper with citations!
Thank you!
CITATIONS
Wall, M. M., Mason, S. M., Liu, J., Olfson, M., Neumark-Sztainer, D., & Blanco, C. (2019). Childhood psychosocial challenges and risk for obesity in U.S. men and women. Translational Psychiatry, 9, 1-12. DOI:10.1038/s41398-018-0341-1
Durbin, J., Baguioro, M., & Jones, D. (2018). Pediatric obesity in primary practice: A review of the literature. Pediatric Nursing, 44(4), 202-206. 1-6.
The Institute of Medicine
