Unit 9 Assignment: Final Paper and PowerPoint PresentationInstructions:You will write a paper that will review your entire quality improvement project along with a PowerPoint presentation to summarize
Obesity 0
Title
Cecilia Gates
Kaplan University
HS460 Project Design and Management
Mary Jo Sexton-Tosh
January 16, 2018
The process I want to improve is to reduce obesity in Indiana. The representative from the Indiana Health Department states that the most critical issues that are happening in the community are to reduce the prevalence of obesity in Indiana. The most vital problem the Health Department is addressing how to increase the number of individuals with a healthy weight. The definition of overweight and obesity is the amount of weight that is larger than the healthy weight for the height of an individual. Body Mass Index is used to measure if an individual is overweight or obesity (CDC, 2018).
Obesity has highly increased in Indiana and across the United States. “Indiana, 29% of adolescents and 65 % of adults are overweight and obese. Poor nutrition and lack of activity are contributing to the obesity epidemic. Indiana has 41% of adolescents, and 64 % of adults meet the expected levels of physical activity” (ISDH, 2018).
Addressing the obesity epidemic in Indiana, there is not a simple solution to reduce the obesity epidemic. However, to reduce obesity, we need to focus on healthy eating, physical activity, public education, increase community involvement, and expand state and local partnerships to coordinate effective programs to reduce obesity. In Indiana, I know the company I work for is a community partner within the community that we have booths at community health fairs which we give out pamphlets on health issues.
Overall Approach
Public Education
Exercise
Healthy Eating
References:
State & Local
Partners
Community Involvement
Indiana State Department of Health. 2018. Retrieved from
https://www.in.gov/isdh/files/Burden_of_Obesity_FINAL_11_18_2011.pdf
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2018. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2018. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/strategies/community.html
Annotated Bibliography
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2018. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/
The definition of overweight and obesity is the amount of weight that is larger than the healthy weight for the height of an individual. Body Mass Index is used to measure overweight and obesity.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2018. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/strategies/community.html
This source I was able to gather information to make the flow chart of the campaign to prevent Obesity. Overall approach, healthy eating, exercise, public education, condom distribution, promoting openness, and counseling and testing.
Indiana State Department of Health. 2018. Retrieved from
https://www.in.gov/isdh/files/Burden_of_Obesity_FINAL_11_18_2011.pdf
This source I was able to gather statics about the obesity of adults in Indiana.
