ESSAY : Health and Social Care (Research Proposal)

Health and Social Care 

Introduction

Obesity is the condition that leads to excessive accumulation of fats in the body, a disorder that is often regarded as risky to the health of a person. The doctors use the Body Mass Index (BMI) to measure obesity such as the presence and the severity of the condition (Satter&Lean,2007) Measurement of the BMI is measured using percentiles and in an instance, when the children have a Body mass index above the average point of 85th percentile and 95th percentile, are classified as obese (Department of Health, 2009).  Factors that are looked at include age and sex.  Children with obesity are increasing in number day by day, and the situation is becoming a global concern. It is a global health epidemic because Obesity is associated with several other conditions such as heart disease, insulin resistance diabetes, sleep apnea and low self-esteem among others (World Health Organization, 2009).   The world health organization list Obesity as one of the most common health condition in the world and people who have it tend to ignore without knowing its consequences. Children are the most vulnerable group, and research has found out that at least 80% of the children with obesity will grow with it to adulthood hence exposing them to endless threats of other related health conditions. Kids growing up with obesity go through strenuous life both socially and economically, and therefore the crisis must be treated with urgency and with seriousness by respective body (Deghan et al., 2005). In the United Kingdom, there is a very high rate of childhood obesity which is also in an increasing trend. Among developed countries, UK appears one of the top countries with the highest incidence of obesity. Statistics show that at least 28% of the total children in the country either have obesity or have had obesity (Health Survey England 2012).   Further research from the national child measurement program has proved the regions which continue to lead in the condition are Northern Ireland and Wales. In the Northern Ireland, at least 39.9 percent of the children suffer from the condition while in wales there are at least 40.5 percent affected children (BBC News, 2014). England and Scotland records favorably lower numbers with both having 35% and 33% respectively. There are many different causes of obesity, but the most common one is associated with the feeding patterns of children. Often obesity comes as a result of overconsumption of fatty foods or high dense calorie foods which consequently leads to accumulation of the same in the body. Inactivity of the body further exacerbates the danger of having too much fat in the body hence making it a serious…