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Running head: CHILDHOOD OBESITY 0

Childhood Obesity

Name

Professor Kary

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY

HCM Milestone 2 childhood obesity

07/16/2020

Childhood Obesity

Economic Principles and Indicators

The economic indicators that apply in this public issue include gross domestic product, unemployment rate, consumer price index, income per capita, and interest rates. The gross domestic product represents all finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific period. This economic indicator indicates the health of a country's economy. The component used to a compute for a gross domestic product includes consumption, government spending, investment, and net export. Government spending represents the monies spent in the acquisition of goods and provision of services such as education, healthcare, social protection, and defense. If the government spends well on healthcare services then the overall health of people will improve.

For example, the government expansion of Medicaid and public education and preventive services through affordable care help close the coverage gap and improve the overall health of the people (Cawley, 2010). The building of markets closer to people estates and upgrading social recreational facilities will help promote the overall health of its residents. Still, the government also spends on subsidies to help industries or businesses keep the prices of commodities or services low. The government spending on subsidies may help its resident afford food especially fruit and vegetable which is good in promoting the health of its population. Consumption involves private consumption and household consumption.

Household consumption is the final consumption expenditure made by resident households in meeting daily needs such as food, clothing, house rents, energy, and health cost and leisure services. More household consumption means health especially when assessing leisure spending and durable goods. High spending on health may indicate more affordability of health care services which still indicates the overall health of the economy. The consumer price index measures the prices for household goods and services. The consumer prices index report inflation or rising in prices and deflation of falling in prices. These indicators erode the health of the economy because it may push the prices of goods higher.

Households good include food, energy, commodities, houses, health care, transportation, and other services making it difficult to afford and this may negatively affect the overall health of the population. High prices of healthcare costs and food will promote obesity in society. The high cost of transport may encourage walking and cycling but also it may discourage movement and attendance in recreational facilities promoting higher obesity levels. Falling of prices may make the suppliers of goods hold the goods, promote poor quality of goods and services which may hurt the health of the population (Cawley, 2010). Per capita income measures the amount of money earned per person in a nation or geographic region.

The income earned per person indicates the standard of living and quality of life of the population. If the population earn a higher income it means they can afford for insurance premium, live in a neighborhood that has plays ground and safe neighborhood, and afford three meal per day. The population with higher income per capita might have less risk of developing obesity unlikely those with lower income per capita. The unemployed population may not afford healthy food for their children and this may promote higher obesity levels among children. Health economy means more population will have higher disposable income and this may promote higher spending on health foods, healthcare hence reducing childhood obesity and vice versa.

Economic impacts

The economic impact of childhood obesity includes effects on governmental and social budgets influencing children's psychological and physical development. The direct economic costs include preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services. Families will spend more on seeking medical care for their children a fund that would have been channeled to other projects. Childhood obesity may put children to the risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease which means that families will incur annual per capita medical spending (Sepulveda, Tait, Zimmerman, & Edington, 2010).

Socioeconomic Factors

Childhood obesity touches all socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds but is more evident in lower socio classes. The families with low income may not be able to provide a healthy diet for their children because some of the population relies on food banks for basic food. Food bank's foods are unhealthy which is composed of processed food. The population may live in an unsafe neighborhood therefore parents may not allow children to play for fear of children's traffic or air pollution (Lieb, Snow, & DeBoer, 2009). Despite that, the issues affect the larger population due to detrimental changes in lifestyles where the lives of children have less physical activity and quantities of unhealthy food than ever-present previously due to the influence of media. Traditional games have been replaced by computer games, television games, more hours spent doing homework all interfere with children's physical activity.

Healthcare Organizations

The organization that is affected by childhood obesity include the American academy of pediatrics (APP), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), American heart association, and public health organization. APP continues to emphasize the importance of continuity of care in comprehensive health supervision and the need to avoid fragmentation of care. APP further has put more effort and resources into the health, safety, and well-being of infants. Still, the organization advocates for change in policies and public awareness of healthy diets and seeking preventive care.

References

Cawley, J. (2010). The economics of childhood obesity. Health Affairs, 29(3), 364-371.

Lieb, D. C., Snow, R. E., & DeBoer, M. D. (2009). Socioeconomic factors in the development of childhood obesity and diabetes. Clinics in sports medicine, 28(3), 349-378.Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596457/

Sepulveda, M. J., Tait, F., Zimmerman, E., & Edington, D. (2010). Impact of childhood obesity on employers. Health Affairs, 29(3), 513-521. Retrieved from https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0737