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OBESE CHILDREN

Teleshia Colvin

SOUTHERN NEWHAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY

I will be focusing on the child obesity and their needs health wise. I decided to focus on the childhood obesity since in our society today it has increased drastically. The children usually learn from their parents and when they observe that their parents are engaging in lifestyles that are not healthy, then they follow the same. These styles are then taken into their adulthood lives. There is need for the adults today to act responsibly knowing that they are their role model to their children they should ensure that their habits are healthy. There is need for children to be educated about adopting healthy lifestyles by knowing what to do and what to avoid since some adults have become irresponsible. Most people are skipping meals so as to lose weight which is not among the healthy lifestyles. (Middleton, M. S. (2019).

The two socioeconomic barriers that ought to be changed include; the first is the learned behavior of bullying. Most children learn how to make friends in their early ages particularly when they start going to schools. These friends who they make support them when need arises and even they become their role models. At the time that the child becomes obese then these friends will begin to bully them and call them names. During the school times, children are bullied by their friends because of obesity that makes them to suffer not only psychologically but also lead to low self-esteem. There is need for the children to learn why bullying is a bad action to their friends and they ought to be accountable for this. (Schwarz, J. M. (2016)

The other socioeconomic barrier that ought to be changed if not having a health care insurance for kids. There is need for the parents to include their children in the health care insurance plans that they currently have. When children are not enrolled in a good insurance plan, then there is a possibility that they will become obese which will require seeking help from medical expert. This will make it to be expensive for the children who do not have a good insurance plan. There is also Medicaid program for the children who do not have this insurance. All the states have tried to promote this Medicaid program for the children to ensure that they are always protected when a medical issue arises. Example is our state of Alabama in 2009 allowed 133,000 to be given Medicaid cover worth fiftyfive million dollars. (Patterson, B. W. (2017).

In the second part of my paper I will discuss two social economic support for the children with obesity. The first is that educating the parents about promotion of better heath living for children. Parent who have higher education qualification tend to understand more about healthy living for the children. The education they have and occupation helps them to understand more about healthy children. There is need to educate all the parents about ensuring that their children are living a healthy life.

The other socioeconomic support is that parents being involved in their children’s weight. Parents think that their children being overweight is normal even if they are informed about it by the doctor they tend to do nothing. One the other side there are parents who support their children fully so as to lose some extra weight to avoid heath issues. These parent act as good children role models and assist them to live healthier while avoiding obesity. (González-González, C. S. (2019).

In conclusion is that, this is the right time for the parents to be involved in their children’s lives and assist them to be healthier. They should ensure that they are role models even if currently we are under economic and financial tough times. Children learn from adults and this is the right time to ensure that they participate in healthy activities and avoid complications in future. There also the need to ensure that the children have an insurance cover or if they qualify for Medicaid.

References

Middleton, M. S. (2019). Prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children with obesity. The Journal of pediatrics, 207, 64-70.

Schwarz, J. M. (2016). Isocaloric fructose restriction and metabolic improvement in children with obesity and metabolic syndrome. Obesity, 24(2), 453-460.

González-González, C. S. (2019). Effects of a gamified educational program in the nutrition of children with obesity. Journal of medical systems, 43(7), 198.

Patterson, B. W. (2017). Effects of dietary fructose restriction on liver fat, de novo lipogenesis, and insulin kinetics in children with obesity. Gastroenterology, 153(3), 743-752.