The Effects of Childhood Obesity SPRING FALL-2022 LATEST SOLUTION 100% C0RRECT GUARANTEED GRADE A+

Childhood obesity is a globally present issue that is affecting many young children. Not only are the effects physically damaging, but it is also mentally affecting these young children. We can understand that obesity occurs when children are consuming more than their bodies are actually burning (Mayo Clinic, 2020). The mental effects on children can be more damaging when we start to see young children being bullied for their weight, which often leads to these young children harming themselves or even committing suicide. Family influences and genetics play a major role in how children develop childhood obesity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021). If we do not take control of childhood obesity, children of the world today will have much shorter and less healthier lives than their parents. Childhood obesity has been around for a while, but we can see that over time this issue is still slowly continuing to grow. We hear about childhood obesity in the 1970’s, which over the last four decades, has more than tripled (State of Childhood Obesity, 2019). Obesity affects all populations, to which we can see a difference in childhood obesity when we look at the children’s races. Children who are Black or Hispanic have a higher obesity rate than those who are White or Asian (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 2021). This difference based on race comes from people having different genetic makeups. Out of the obesity rates across the world, the United States ranks 29th (Niles, 2018). Michelle Obama, The First Lady of the United States, made sure there are programs that would help children with their nutrition and activity levels to reduce the rate of childhood obesity (Niles, 2018). In 2010, President Barack Obama passed the Affordable Care Act (Niles, 2018). The passage of this act was so that people could afford quality healthcare, with the hopes that people will take better care of themselves now that they could afford it (Niles, 2018). Childhood obesity poses many risks to a child, especially the strain it puts on their heart. Yearly exams are a way for doctors to monitor children’s weight so, those children could avoid the risk of becoming obese (Mayo Clinic, 2020). Managed Care also reflects on childhood obesity because this is a system that was designed to manage the cost and quality of healthcare (Niles, 2018). Medicaid has implemented a managed care program so they could contain the cost they are required to pay (Niles, 2018). With this system, those who receive Medicaid benefits will still be able to receive quality healthcare, therefore, having no excuse as to why the rates of childhood obesity should not be reduced (Niles, 2018). The Medical Workforce has a major impact on childhood obesity by trying to control the rising numbers. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a risk factor that many adults die from when they are obese, but we are now seeing that CVD plays a role in childhood obesity as well (Stender, Burghen & Mallare, 2005). Children who are diagnosed with CVD have a risk of myocardial infarction or stroke, which has been increased due to their obesity (Stender, Burghen & Mallare, 2005). The prevention and control of childhood obesity must continue throughout a person’s life.