Laura Suarez
11/13/22, 10:44 PM
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Laura Suarez: DB Week 4
Obesity in children and adolescents is the results of genetics, cultural, and social determinants as well as the improper consumption of caloric intake, inappropriate lifestyle with lack of physical activities, and familiar inadequate feeding habits. There are many risks and complications with obesity. Physical consequences include increased risks for hearth diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, breathing problems, and endocrine disorders (CDC, 2022). Since obesity often affects more than one family member, making healthy eating and regular exercise a family activity can improve the chances of successful weight control for children and adolescents.
Manage of obesity cannot be restrained to the familiar environment and should be addressed properly at the school and community levels. Children and adolescents would have access to weight-management program at the school levels with connection for the practice of sports at the community levels. Local division of parks as well as the local training centers for several physical sports can connect through the education boards to explore the feasibility of inclusion of such individuals in the current programs. Habits and behaviors can be shifted with the proper interventions considering that they are modifiable risk factors. Parents of an obese child or adolescent can improve their child’s self-esteem by emphasizing their strengths and positive qualities rather than just focusing on their weight problem (Cleveland Clinic, 2022).
Such a plan would include reasonable weight loss goals, dietary and physical activity management, behavior modification, and family involvement. In the current times, the limitation and restriction to video games and other electronic devices can be an strategy to modify the behaviors and for the promotion of alternative physical activities, Still, it is necessary to modify also the eating habits which the help of a registered dietitian for nutrition counseling. They can also point in the direction of resources in the community that offer healthy food options.
References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022, August 10). Obesity. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved November 13, 2022, from https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/obesity/index.htm
Childhood obesity: Causes & prevention. Cleveland Clinic. (2022). Retrieved November 13, 2022, from https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9467-obesity-in-children
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Yailyn Garcia Pino
11/13/22, 10:22 PM
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DB Week 4: Yailyn Garcia
Smoking in Adolescents and Young Adults
Psychosocial influences trigger the occurrence at the younger ages of smoking, starting with influence of family members and peers. Smoking rates among children and adolescents are alarming. Such habits are also conditioned by the economic circumstances, the access to products containing tobacco, the social life and status, and the Internet and social promotion (Grapatsas, Tsilogianni, & Leivaditis, 2017). One the habit is adapted, the behavior about the smoking is not completely confronted at the community and school levels while the practices for smoking cessation are not effectively implemented.
Interventions should be considered from a comprehensive perspectives of multifaceted approach with the cooperation and participation of all social agents. Cigarette smoking in childhood and adolescence leads to short and long-term health problems. Starting from this point, educational actions at the school and community levels should reinforces in terms of education and health initiatives the exposure of health issues related to tobacco consumption. Public education is also targeted through the mass media (Harvey & Chadi, 2016). Interventions are also based on restriction of cigarette advertisements, on raising cigarette taxes or even direct restriction of selling tobacco to children and adolescents.
Cessation programs at the school and community level should be implemented with the corresponding counseling, community resources for behavioral therapy interventions, training for specialists, and protocols for smoking cessation. In addition, the design of the smoking cessation efforts should also be based on the smoker himself. This means that psychological support or pharmaceutical therapy from specialists should also be considered when it is needed. Harmfulness of smoking should always be reminded in every smoking propaganda as well as the controls in smoking selling places should be more strict and frequent.
References
Grapatsas, K., Tsilogianni, Z., & Leivaditis, V. (2017). Smoking habit of children and adolescents: An overview. Annals of Research Hospitals. Retrieved from https://arh.amegroups.com/article/view/3726/4486
Harvey, J., & Chadi, N. (2016). Adolescent health committee: Preventing smoking in children and adolescents. Pediatric Child Health. 21(4):209-21. doi: 10.1093/pch/21.4.209
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