Part 1
In both the developed and the developed countries, child obesity issue has been on the rise at an alarming rate. Bearing in mind the effects of this on the future of a child, special measures, should be adopted to ensure this condition is put under control (Cheng, Kotler & Lee, 2011). Rate of growth and pattern of child obesity is different between developed and developing countries implying that different measures need to be put in place to control this situation. Obesity is a disorder that cannot be treated or takes time and energy to put under control that implies that the best solution is to come up with strategies inclusive of the general public to help prevent obesity among children and even adults as a whole.
In many countries like the United states, social marketing is used to create public awareness on several issues like drug abuse, and diet and its ill effects on the health of a person. Through social marketing, parents are taught the need of communicating well with their kids (Evans & Hastings, 2011). This will help parents know the need and challenges that the kids have and also monitor their diets. Social marketing can also pass the message across on the on diets and encourage individuals to monitor their kids physical activities by reducing things such as time spend on t.v, video games and indoor activities. Message about dangers of bad feeding habits and lack of physical exercises should be made clear to the children from an early age to enable them grow with a mentality that to maintaining good health condition is important for the future of an individual.
However, this strategy does not bear many fruits as factors that encourage the behaviours that lead to child obesity is increasing on a daily basis. Most parents do not take a keen interest in educating their kids on what to eat and the pertinence of physical exercise on the growth and health condition of the body (Smith, 2009). Developemetof more exciting video games is another factor that is pulling down this efforts to engage children in physical activities. When not in school, most children opt to spend time in the house playing this games the whole day while consuming and not not exercising t burn the calories. In developed countries, most parents are working, and children spent most of the time alone at home where no one monitors their feeding habits and the physical activities they engage themselves in during the day. This is seen to be directly proportional to the rate of growth of obesity as seen between developed and developing countries.
Part 2
Question 1
The first Lady Michelle Obama has formulated what is referred to as "let's move' campaign where she is discourages the advertising and selling of junk food to the students in learning institutions (Obama, 2012). She also states it clear to the parents a little scolding is not bad in trying to monitor what the kids have and spending time with them educating them on the need of balanced nutrition and undertaking exercises allow for burning off excess calories.
Question 2
Nurses to have a part to play in regulating childhood obesity. Educating the patients who visit health care facilities with problems related to obesity is one of the ways that nurses can use. Also, nurses have a role of giving alternative solutions and regulating obesity by advising individuals on what and when to eat. Ceating of posters that create awareness about this dangerously uprising issue in the society that should be put to emphasize of the same.
In conclusion, this issues of obesity that does not affect children alone but also adults is something that should be addressed with serious concern and more productive measures out in place to ensure that its growth is minimised, and cases of illness due to obesity are reduced.
References
Cheng, H., Kotler, P., & Lee, N. (2011). Social marketing for public health: Global trends and success stories. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett.
Evans, W. D., & Hastings, G. (2011). Public health branding: Applying marketing for social change. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Obama, M. (2012). American grown: The story of the White House kitchen garden and gardens across America. New York: Crown Publishers.
Smith, J. P. (2009). The impact of childhood health on adult labor market outcomes. Bonn: Forschungsinst. zur Zukunft der Arbeit.
