“Obesity and food desert/environment impact the health of the people on the local level (United Kingdom) and global level is directly implicated in the wider social and political systems”. Critically evaluate this statement through references to theory
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Obesity and food desert/obese-genic environment
Title: “Obesity and food desert/environment impact the health of the people on the local level (United Kingdom) and global level is directly implicated in the wider social and political systems”. Critically evaluate this statement through references to theories of health inequalities and through the use of case study materials”.
Introduction
What is obesity?
? Statistics of obesity in the UK and USA
? You could also include the rising prevalence of obesity in the developing world, to show that this is becoming a global phenomena
Main Body (Use case studies from UK and compare it to USA)
What is food desert?
What is obeseogenic environment?
It is argued that obesity is impacted by food desert as well as obeseogenic environment……………………etc
What are the concerns of obesity? E.g. case studies in the UK and USA:
? The effect of obesity on health
? How is obesity impacted by food desert and environment? UK and USA E.g. Socioeconomic status and place of residence are important contributors
1. Nowadays people generally have easy access to cheap, highly palatable and energy-dense food frequently lacking in nutritional value – such as fast food. Research into the link between food availability and obesity is still relatively undeveloped, (Townshend, T., and Lake, A., 2009).
2. Evidence from the USA has identified higher rates of obesity in local communities with high concentrations of fast food outlets, (Zenk, S. N., Schulz, A. J., and Odoms-Young, A.M., 2009).
? How different cultural background may perceive weight
? Yes, this is also significant, the prevalence of obesity in Black Minorities Ethnic group (BME) populations and who and what are the cultural values at play,
Brief outline of Public health policy (2011 Healthy Lives, Healthy people) to take action on obesity: regulating the growth of the fast food outlet e.g schools, colleges, leisure centres and other places where children gather” do also consider the marmot review, fair society, healthy lives from which the policy was drawn.
Conclusion
Summary of the main points mentioned above……
This is a well thought out plan about the issues surrounding obesity and how social and structural factors, such as environments, as well as individual culture, may be contributing factors to the recent rise in the prevalence of obesity.
The social determinants of health in the lancet and the marmot review 2010, both by Michael marmot, offer some insight into the structural factors and how these may influence obesity.
This assignment is intended to assess the following learning outcomes:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of key concepts, initiatives and
organisations relevant to the examination of global and local health.
2. Have explored a range of innovative global and local projects, their
origins, aims and activities and be able to differentiate how different
economies contribute to this
3. Have an understanding of the interchange between theory and practice
in the implementation of central and local government health policy at
local level.
4. Be able to develop skills in critical thinking in the context of health
planning, promoting and implementing
5. Be able to identify local health need and work within a framework in a
global/local/ regional/national capacity
6. Be able to profile and identify health needs within a community
7. Would develop critical reflective skills in health and social care
practice
Follow Learning outcome
References
Townshend, T., and Lake, A., (2009). Obesogenic urbanform: theory, policy and practice. Health & Place. Vol:15(4):909–16.
Zenk, S. N., Schulz, A. J., and Odoms-Young, A.M., (2009).How neighbourhood environments contribute to obesity. AmJ Nurs. Vol:109(7),61-64
