Childhood Obesity Case Study

Childhood obesity proposed policy

The police that I propose can be enacted by an existing amendment of laws associated to childhood obesity. The proposed policy is the screening that needs to be done in children for childhood obesity in an aggressive method. It is crucial for every children especially from ages 2 to 18 to get screened in the school as the school year begins. Parents and children’s’ education from time to time is very important on living healthy lifestyle especially the food choices and regular exercise on a daily basis. The counties and the states need to mandate every school for the provision of healthy food for the children and also teach the children the importance of balance diet and picking healthy diet from

Krans further stated that balance diet helps the organs and the tissues to function effectively, prevent diseases, fatigue, infection and poor performances and any children with poor diet can be prone growth and developmental problems and poor performance especially in their academics. Unhealthy diet makes individuals to prone to a high risk factor such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and related chronic diseases (Georgia public health department 2017). As mentioned above, prevalence of chronic diseases are at the high rate in Georgia related to the low nutritional food consumption in the communities. Georgia public health department (2017), current survey proved that among the school students, one out of five and among adult , consumes five or more portions of fruit and vegetables on a daily basis as the least recommendation. The Georgia public health department concentrates on positive health and decreasing risk of diseases through community health education on healthy diet and physical

Modification of policy is needed with more agencies supervision to ensure that the policy on healthy diet and physical activities is being followed in the school setting by providing healthy food to the school children and annual school health screening is being carried out properly as mandated. Health and wellness are very important in the school setting with the involvement of school children to participate in the physical education throughout the school year. According to Beaudette (2014), between 2012-13, over 1.6 million students attended public school which is a great opportunity to integrate the school program with health and wellness content and understandings to the children throughout the school period (Physical activities and nutrition toolkit for Georgia public schools and school district, 2017. However, it is important to educate all parents about healthy diet and physical exercise for their children as well as themselves and the resources needed that are available to them the communities and the schools must maintain the checks and balances for the proposed policy