Childhood Obesity in Saudi Arabia

Describe a challenge or opportunity associated with improving public health in a selected region of the world.

Childhood Obesity is one of the vastest challenges that faces the globe generally and Saudi Arabia specifically; obesity in children is an epidemic problem internationally that requires the collaboration of health care providers. The overweight children and adolescent’s number have multiplied in the last decades in the progressed countries where there is an apparent alteration in activities and nutritional lifestyles.

As per WHO (2012),an obvious comorbidities correlated with obesity as; elevated blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and diabetes type two, furthermore, there are additional comorbidities that associated with childhood obesity as; orthopedic and hepatic problems, skin fungal infections, psychological, social, and behavioral problems.

In Saudi Arabia, diabetes type two is now the prominent form of diabetes in children, as per Summerbell et al.(2009), obesity in childhood is a key interpreter for obesity in adulthood, troublingly, morbidity and mortality increase in the adults who were overweight or obese in childhood even they lose the additionally weight during adulthood. Deckelbaum and Williams (2001) stated studies that connected maternal and fetal factors during pregnancy with children’s weight, also, biological differences contribute to overweight, likewise, the verities in social and economic role have an effect on the weight, therefore, prevention must be started early during childbearing age.

The obesity spread between kids due to food type that used to eat everyday as chips and soft drinks profusely, similarly, the lack of exercise is another rationale, equally, the hot weather forces the children to...

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...ion of its health activity, educational material, social therapy, or administrative intervention.

The TRA model focused on teaching the students new behaviors as; physical activity, lifestyle modification, and diet to prevent obesity and reduce gaining weight between Caribbean children. The model efficacy could be assessed by; the students’ weight documentation, next, value the outcome of developing the additional activities on the weight, thereafter, assess the influence of dietary educational interventions.

Correspondingly, estimate particular indicators on how the intervention has worked, appraise the prevalence of gaining weight among the children during the program, gauge the related contributing factors to the program performance, set a short-term period for the first evaluation survey, and supervise the program achievements to maintain the outcomes.