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Compare rates of obesity in the United States to other developed and also developing countries. Think about how health issues resulting from obesity compare as well.
Reflect on health promotion and prevention strategies that nurses can implement.
Contemplate the ethical, cultural, economic, political, and environmental issues a nurse should consider when developing a primary obesity health prevention strategy.Obesity: A Global Concern Research
an obesity health promotion and prevention strategy a nurse could implement for a specific cultural group in the United States. Then, modify your message for use in one other country, being sensitive to the cultural nuances of the country you select. Describe why you chose to take the approach you did in your strategies and explain any challenges you anticipate a nurse may encounter when trying to implement these strategies.
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Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature.
Introduction
Obesity is considered a top priority public health issue on the current national agenda in the United States. According to recent data on rates of obesity in the United States by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of obesity in the young adult population (aged 20-39 years) stood at 40%; 45% among middle-aged adults (aged 40-59 years); and 41% among the aging adults (60 and above) in 2017-2018 (Hales et al, 2020). Empirical findings in the United states and in OECD countries indicated that obesity can contribute to detrimental health risks and chronic health conditions (diabetes, cardiovascular diseases) that can undermine an individual’s productivity, health status, quality of life, and contribute to increased health budgets in terms of costs associated treatment and management interventions (OECD, 2019b; Donahue, 2018). Obesity: A Global Concern Research
Equally, empirical studies conducted in OECD countries and Europe have equally highlighted the chronic nature of the obesity epidemic in both developed and emerging economies. In a recent OECD report, it was revealed that 18% of the adult population across the OECD areas are obese or overweight. Statistics indicated that at least one in four people in Canada, Hungary, Australia, Mexico, Chile and New Zealand are obese or overweight (OECD, 2019b). On the contrary, the rates of obesity in many Asian countries is considerable low, with rates placed at just 2% to 4% of total adult populations considered to obese. Since the 1900s and into the 2000s, the rates of obesity among children, teenagers and adults grew steadily in some countries, while they remained low in other counties such as Korea, Italy, and Switzerland (OECD, 2019a).
Whilst OECD member countries including the US have adopted a wide range of non-regulatory and regulatory programs and initiatives geared at resolving the chronic obesity epidemic, the social determinants of obesity including lack of physical activity, poor diet, sedentary habits, genetics and socio-economic drivers are shared in different measures across many of the countries affected by the obesity epidemic (OECD, 2019a; OECD, 2019a).
References
Donahue, J. (2018).Obesity in the US and UK. Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences, 8(4), 1-5.
Hales, C.M. et al (2020).Prevalence of Obesity and Severe Obesity among Adults: United States, 2017–2018. DOI: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db360-h.pdf
OECD, (2019a).Heavy Burden of Obesity: The Economics of Prevention. DOI: https://www.oecd.org/health/health-systems/Heavy-burden-of-obesity-Policy-Brief-2019.pdf
OECD, (2019b).Overweight and obesity among adults. DOI: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/055833f6-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/055833f6-en Obesity: A Global Concern Research