Posted: May 1st, 2025

Brochure on Child Obesity in a US community

Task summary:You are to create a 2-page educational brochure on Child Obesity, using factual data to educate your community effectively. You can create the brochure directly in Word. Use at least 500 words on the brochure.

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In this assignment, you will be locating and using evidence to support a specific health-based concern or topic. Using the resources available to you, locate a health-related topic in your community (e.g., local, state, or regional). You will communicate this health-related topic to others.

Requirements Locate a health-related topic in your community (e.g., local, state, or regional). – the client is from the USA

An educational brochure. Your communication initiative should portray a real-life, health-related topic in your community. The use of factual data written primarily in your own words is required for this assignment.The use of first-person is permitted for this assignment. The mentioned formatting formatting (title page, conclusion, reference page, etc.) should not be used. Remember, you are developing a current communication initiative for your community. References should be cited according to the specified formatting, but it is not required for the content of the assignment. However, proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation are expected.

Running Head: CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN US
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This paper focuses on overweight and obesity among children and adolescents
in the United States, where more than one in five children and adolescents is affected.
According to the data from 2017 to 2020, up to March, the obesity rate among youth
aged 2-19 of United States citizens is 19.7 percent or 14.7 million young individuals.
BMI establishes overweight and obesity in children with a value equal to or greater
than the 95th percentile for the age and sex of the child (Tsoi et al., 2022).
As presented by Cuda et al (2018), even though it has reached an alarming
proportion in the last 30 years in the US and other developed countries, no clear
treatment strategy was found. According to Cuda, almost a third of the child patients
who are brought to medical facilities suffer from obesity or other medical problems
that exist because of obesity. From 0 to 2 years old, the overweight prognosis relies
on the ratio between length and weight, while over 2 years old relies on the BMI
(Body Mass Index).
According to BMJ Best Practice (2022), other diagnostic factors that can be
concluded through testing besides BMI are hypertension and an increased waist-hip
ratio. The main risk factors that could lead to obesity in children are obese parents and
abnormal rapid gain in weight in infancy. The most common signs of it are rapid gain
in weight that is associated with lower velocity or height, cognitive development that
is delayed, or dysmorphic features. Children with increased risks for obesity
development also have increased risks of presenting comorbidities.
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Figure 2: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6351475/
Obesity has been identified in different populace groups at various rates, and
the rates differ within different categorizations. Crossing the age lines, the condition
tends to be more frequent as children get older, starting from age 12.7% are in the 2–
5-year age group, for those aged 6 to 11 years stands at 20.7%, and for those between
12 to 17 years, it stands at 22.2% (The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2023). Ethnic
groups also observe disparities and Hispanic children are most affected, with the
prevalence rate at 26.2%, non-Hispanic Black children at 24.8%, and non-Hispanic
White children at 16.6%and non-Hispanic Asian children comprising 9.0%. When
comparing gender differences, non-Hispanic Black girls indicate a maximum obesity
prevalence of 30.8%, and Hispanic boys are second at 29.3% (CDC, 2024). In
addition, socioeconomic status is distinctly influential, where the obesity rate rises
with the declining income level of the families. Low-income Children who qualify to
be in Families earning 130% or less of the Federal Poverty Level have an obesity
prevalence of 25.8%, compared to 11.5% among the population with family incomes
more than 350 percent of the FPL.
The most common comorbidity for pediatric obesity is hypertension.
Measuring the pressure of blood is recommended for all kids diagnosed with obesity
from 3 years old. The prevalence of high levels of BP is heterogeneous between 7 and
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30% in children suffering from obesity. Screening can also be done for kids under 3
years old in case of histories of genetic diseases, cardiac malformations, neoplasms,
or neonatal complications.
Several treatments can be followed but without 100% success results. The
main thing that must be done is a change in lifestyle and diet that has led to a negative
caloric balance and a reduction in BMI. Food portions according to Cuda will have to
be limited, with an adequate breakfast and with no eating between meals. Low
nutrient and high-energy foods should be avoided like fast food, fiber-rich cereals, or
fruit juices. Physical exercise must be associated with diet in all cases.
Facing the growing amount of childhood obesity, families suffer from
escalating expenses, and the healthcare system experiences increased costs, too.
According to the findings made in 2019, the medical expenses directly linked to
obesity in children in the United States were evaluated at $1.3 billion (CDC, 2024).
Every year, children with obesity incur $116 more per person in healthcare costs than
normal-weight peers, and children with severe obesity earn $310 more per person per
year (Tsoi et al., 2022). The solution to childhood obesity is important because it can
affect the young generation’s health and release the burden faced by the health sector
economically. The education of the communities, better health access, proper food
consumption, and physical activity are some of the necessary interventions to combat
this growing disease.
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References
BMJ Best Practice. (2022). Obesity in Children.
https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-us/1085.
CDC. (2024, June 4). Childhood Obesity Facts. Obesity.
https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/php/data-research/childhood-obesityfacts.html#:~:text=Expand%20AllCuda, S.E., & Censani, M. (2018). Pediatric Obesity Algorithm: A Practical
Approach to Obesity Diagnosis and Management.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6351475/.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation. (2023, June 20). Obesity or Overweight Now Affect
1 in 3 Youth: How Experts Are Responding. The Annie E. Casey Foundation.
https://www.aecf.org/blog/obesity-or-overweight-now-affect-1-in-3-youthhow-experts-are-responding.
Tsoi, M. F., Li, H. L., Feng, Q., Cheung, C.-L., Cheung, T. T., & Cheung, B. M.
(2022). Prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States 1999-2018: a 20year analysis. Obesity Facts, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.1159/000524261.