Project and Health Issue
Common health conditions in Armenia are similar to the US and include the common cold, diarrhea, constipation, sinus infections, skin infections, headaches, dental problems, minor injuries, STDs, emotional problems, and alcohol abuse. In Armenia, the most common health issue is cardiovascular disease (54%); followed by cancer (18%); diabetes (6%); communicable, maternal, and perinatal, nutritional deficiencies (5%); injuries (5%); and chronic respiratory disease (4%). In comparison, the top health concerns in the United States are cardiovascular disease (35%); cancer (23%); injuries (7%); chronic respiratory diseases (7%); communicable, maternal, and perinatal, nutritional deficiencies (6%); and diabetes (3%) (WHO, 2013).
Obesity leads to higher risk for diabetes, gall bladder disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, breathlessness, apnea, heart disease, osteoarthritis, gout, some cancers, reproductive hormone abnormalities, impaired fertility, low back pain, and fetal defects during pregnancy. Health and poverty have been found to be relative to one another two-fold; meaning poverty can lead to poor health and poor health can lead to poverty. Many living in poverty tend to use their wages to buy higher caloric foods that usually do not provide the nutrients and vitamins needed by the body which results in obesity. Vulnerable populations include infants and children, childbearing women, older adults, and the poor (Holtz, 2013).
Background
About the Region
Armenia continues to be one of the most ethnically homogeneous countries in Europe. The population includes Armenians 97.9%, Russians 0.5%, Kurds 1.3%, and other 0.3%. The total population is 3,016,000. Armenia has modernized major cities as we...
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Over 60 million people are obese in the world today. The socioeconomic statuses of the Americans play a major part in the obesity rates across the country. People with higher incomes are less likely to be obese than people with lower incomes. One in every seven preschool-aged children living in lower income areas are obese (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). A 2008 study showed that obesity is highest among American Indian and Alaska Native (21.2 percent) and Hispanic Americans (18.5 percent) children, and it is lowest among white (12.6 percent), Asian or Pacific Islander (12.3 percent), and black (11.8 percent) children (Get America Fit).
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Modern poverty is so closely related with obesity for many reasons. First of all, poor people are ignorant and uneducated about their health and nutrition. Obviously, because of that they don’t really know what they are doing or even how they are taking the risk of eating some kinds of food. Poor people go for good tasting food without paying attention to the food’s freshness and safety. Moreover, children grow up without a proper understanding of good nutrition, so it is time to reintroduce nutrition to families and even in schools to kids. Second of all, poor people cannot afford buying healthy food. A person who is poor and hungry is going to buy the cheapest calories that he or she could find. In fact in today’s world, the cheapest calories come from junk food. It is cheaper and ...