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The affect Overnutrition has on public health issues

Would Approaching Overnutrition in healthcare as a Public Health Issue decrease rates of chronic in lower income areas in America?

From a Future Nurse’s Perspective

May 2, 2021

Yesenia Perez

West Coast University

Overnutrition

Introduction

Understanding the relationship that exists between poverty and over nutrition is a necessity that explains the reasons behind the existence of obesity. The financial constrains brought about by poverty leads to the consumption of meals that lack important nutrients such as fats and carbohydrates. The practice affects the healthy living of most individuals leading to the creation of increased cases of overweight. Low-income communities within the country are most affected with such cases. Lack of proper nutrition has contributed to a poor lifestyle. The existence of chronic diseases among them continues to be a rising concern as most of them such as diabetes type 2, heart diseases and stroke. All of the three ailments are associated with the poor lifestyle that is mainly involved with over nutrition. Controlling the nutrition situation is likely to lead to the creation of lasting solutions to the ailments.

Article Summary

Ignez, S. M., Sheila, P. M. & de Oliveira, D. C., (2007). Poverty, malnutrition and obesity: Interrelationships among the nutritional status of members of the same family. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 12(6), 1553-1565.

The author’s point of focus is providing a discussion about poverty malnutrition and obesity. Their focus is the existing interrelationships among the people that come from the same family. Similar aspects that contribute to the prevalence of the situation are appropriately addressed by explaining the basic factors that contributes to existence of a solution based practice that would offer a solution to the obesity based problems that are appropriate to reflect upon. The article is reliable because it contains research information based on quantitative research that make the data contained in it highly validated. The information has the correct justifications from professionals within the sector making the data to be appropriate and reliable to use in the entire research. The article is highly reliable as it points out the facts of the study only.

Troesch, B., Biesalski, H. K., Bos, R., Buskens, E., Calder, P. C. & Saris, W. H. M. (2015). Increased intake of foods with high nutrient density can help to break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition and obesity. Nutrients, 7(7), 6016-6037.

The authors explain why the increased intake of meals that high in nutrition aids in the breaking of the intergenerational malnutrition and obesity. They provide validated explanations that explains the appropriate way forward in dealing with such complications. the focus is explaining the realistic outcomes that is expected when it comes to the outlining of facts and other necessary practices. ideally, increased nutrition plays a key role in the observation of the necessary facts that leads to the observation of the correct set of nutritional procedures only. The source is appropriate as it is validated by scholars that provide support as it why it needs to be implemented. Lastly, it addresses the problem by pointing out the solution.

Iriart, C., Handal, A. J., Boursaw, B., & Rodrigues, G. (2011). Chronic malnutrition among overweight hispanic children: Understanding health disparities. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 13(6), 1069-75.

The existence of chronic malnutrition is the focal point of focus for the study. It involves a reflection on the necessary facts that leads to the creation of obesity amount the Hispanic communities. The authors point out a realistic solution to the problem by explaining on how nutrition could be the key issue that leads to the problem. It is a reliable source as it is approved by scholars in the field making the study appropriate to use and reflect upon in the entire study. The use of the source is appropriate as it touches on poverty, obesity and nutrition.

Conclusion

In summary, the existence of chronic diseases among them continues to be a rising concern as most of them such as diabetes type 2, heart diseases and stroke. All of the three ailments are associated with the poor lifestyle that is mainly involved with over nutrition. The author’s point of focus is providing a discussion about poverty malnutrition and obesity. Their focus is the existing interrelationships among the people that come from the same family. The authors explain why the increased intake of meals that high in nutrition aids in the breaking of the intergenerational malnutrition and obesity. They provide validated explanations that explains the appropriate way forward in dealing with such complications. The existence of chronic malnutrition is the focal point of focus for the study. It involves a reflection on the necessary facts that leads to the creation of obesity amount the Hispanic communities.