CHILD CARE

Child Care

Child Care

Introduction

Nutrition in early age plays very import role in a life of a person. Diet of a child determines the health; the unbalanced diet may cause a weakness of over weight to a child. There are various causes of obesity in children. Unhealthy food habits, youth physical activity and heredity are some of the causes of obesity. Childhood obesity has numerous possible causes, which can be best understood by taking into consideration the collective effect of societal, genetic, and behavioural aspects. The risk for childhood obesity may be augmented by two significant trends in society. The first issue deals with consumption. Junk foods are frequently consumed in place of usual food. Not astonishingly consuming junk food directs to a sense of starvation both mentally and physically, as the feeling of contentment and satiation that comes after a nutritious food is missing. Intake of meal at frequent intervals other than regular times also causes the digestive system to get affected.

The reduction of childhood obesity in schools and communities requires a strong partnership of all stake- holders. In compliance with federal law 108-265, the Child Nutrition and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Reauthorization Act of 2004, school districts have adopted wellness policies to promote student health and contribute to the reduction of childhood obesity.

Recent reviews have highlighted the lack of evidence available to guide treatment interventions in children who are overweight or obese. The majority of studies to date have been characterized by methodological weaknesses (e.g., broad age ranges of children, small sample sizes) and poor study design. In addition, few studies have reported important process data. Process data are a valuable adjunct to outcome data and provide information about quality and quantity of a delivered intervention, the reach and fidelity, adherence to prescribed content, factors external to the program that may compete with the program effect and barriers for participants. They are particularly relevant in multi site studies that have multiple levels of intervention and measurement.

Discussion and Analysis

Obesity in children

Childhood obesity is a severe trouble in the world because of its connection with harmful social and physical outcomes and its increasing prevalence in current years. Although various planned methods for determining childhood obesity exist, the most extensively used is to define childhood obesity as equal to or above the 95th percentile on the body mass index (BMI) (Dietz, W. H. 2002).

A research study in United Kingdom revealed that in the year 2009 there was 15% of population which was considered fir according to the standards of BMI. Through this analysis it can be interpreted that there is dominance of obesity among the citizens of United Kingdom (Oliver, 14). The obesity in the adult population of United Kingdom increased up to 1.1% in 2007 (Smith, 21). However, some current researches also suggest that the increasing trend of obesity in the United Kingdom has been slowing down. Due to the increase of obesity in United Kingdom there has been a tremendous increase in the diseases as well (Smith, ...