Possible Improvements for Childhood Obesity Outcomes

Childhood Obesity
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Introduction
Indeed, obesity is one of the most notable health promotions and a priority of disease prevention currently in many countries around the globe. This is because it is a leading cause of deaths that can be prevented. Notably, obesity in children is evenly noted as a public health concern. Additionally, evidence shows that the number of children with obesity is quite on the rise despite the measures that are put to help in its reduction. 16 and 24% is the estimated percentage currently of children who are overweight and of the vulnerable populations.
There is a growing threat of mental and physical compromise in overweight children’s well-being. Evidently, the consequences of this disease in childhood are not only affecting children but the health care systems, schools, parents and the communities as a whole. Withal, it’s becoming more obvious daily that obesity during childhood might bind one for life. However, the providers of pediatric are in the front line in efforts to change this trend that is in the determination of the depth of the problem. Notably, there is evidence that there is an issue with the monitoring practices of obesity that are currently in use. Nurses with advance practice have been stationed to curb the problems through twice as many roles in the clinical and research practice.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that there has been a tripling in a number of the childhood obesity that is from 1970 (National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, 2006). Pervasiveness in ethnicity, gender lines, regions and the socioeconomic has increased (Crawford, Wang, Ritchie, et al., 2006). Child obesity has generally increased internationally in nations such as China, Germany, and Australia (Popkin, Wang &Monteiro, 2002). In the attempts to more practically address the obesity in childhood, this essay is set to review the current literally knowledge and the consequences of the disease in children and the growing practices of monitoring plus their challenges on the health care provider in the rural regions of the state.
Literature Review
This study’s review mainly engrossed with childhood obesity; its popularity in America and the rest of the world, the cause and its ramifications in relation to the health of the children as well. Studies presenting information on the diagnosis that is current, the treatment and management that the providers use were given specific attention. The review was studied for variables that might be a challenge to the providers influencing the children health outcomes.
Notably, a number of researches portray issues that may be associated with the increase in weight among children that is continuing and the affiliated co-morbidities. School, home, residence region, ethnic and race culture are some factors. The theory used to frame childhood obesity was rural. The themes associated with the rural theory were exploited as they connected to the community, child, and provider during their health care access, health definition and the avoidance and control of obesity among children promotion.
Childhood obesity concepts are deemed multifactorial and complex. Even though there...