Family and Community Nursing

Paper Summary:

This paper first examines an instance of childhood obesity and describes the determining factors to this ongoing problem. The paper then addresses key measures to counter the problem of childhood obesity and to prevent it. The paper stresses the importance of empowering the family rather than merely informing them. Also discussed in this essay are the health consequences of obesity and information on healthy eating habits.

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"This problem is exacerbated by the fact that children and teens are who experience obesity are of course more likely to be obese as adults, and leads to more seer cases of the problems mentioned above, which also cause greater health implication when the child grows to adulthood. The complications get worse the older that the obese person is, and this needs to be communicated to John and John's parents. The threat to an individual's health increases, and it is best for children to learn how to generate preventative eating habits at a young age, habits that can that can be both tasty as well as nutritional. This is not simply an aesthetic choice, it is a health choice, and the perceptions of John and his parents needs to be changed from nutrition perception as a logistical inconvenience, something that parents think they don't have time for and or that it is an unnecessary discipline for John, to a cooperative and allied parent/child for maintaining the overall health of the family thereof."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "About BMI for Children and Teens." 2008: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/childrens_BMI/about_childrens_BMI.htm
• "Child Obesity," 2008: http://www.cyfernet.org/hottopic/childobesity.html
• "PBL: Problem-Based Learning." 2008: http://www4.nau.edu/eeop/aqcp/pbl_process.asp
• "Tips for Parents - Ideas and Tips to Help Prevent Childhood Overweight." 2008: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/childhood/tips_for_parents.htm
• "Why can't healthy weight ranges be provided for children and teens?" 2008: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/childrens_BMI/about_childrens_BMI.htm#normal%20weight%20ranges

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