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Obesity In Children Birth To 18 Years-Of-Age Research Proposal

¶ … Obesity in Children Birth to 18 Years-of-Age From Lower Socio-Economic Status Compared to Children Birth to 18 Years-of-Age From Upper and Middle Socio-Economic Status? Research Proposal Research indicates that children from lower socio-economic status are more likely than children from higher socio-economic status to develop childhood obesity, which makes these children more likely to develop health problems later in life. For this reason, childhood obesity is a significant problem. The research proposed in this study is one that recommends that this issue be examined in a research study.

The Prevalence of Obesity in Children Birth to 18 Years-Of-Age From Lower Socio-Economic Status Compared to Children Birth to 18 Years-Of-Age From Upper and Middle Socio-Economic Status?

Research Proposal

Introduction

There is a great dearth of research that indicates that children from lower socio-economic households have a greater risk of developing obesity during their childhood than children from middle and upper socio-economic households. (Gibbs and Forste, 2013; Ogden, et al., 2008; Singh and Kogan, 2009; Cecil, et al., 2005; Gearhart, Gruber, and Vanata, 2008) Various factors have been cited as the cause for childhood obesity stated to include such as levels of education, household income and lower levels of physical activity combined with poor nutritional intake and some psychosocial factors. Lower socio-economic status is also linked to lower levels of consciousness concerning healthy living practices.

Problem Statement

Children from lower socio-economic status households are more likely to develop obesity compared to children from middle and upper socio-economic status households.

Research Question

The research questions in this study is as follows:

Is obesity more prevalent in children ages' birth to 18 years from lower socio-economic status than children from upper/middle social-economic status? If yes:

(1) What are the variables that result in obesity being more prevalent among children from birth to 18 years of age from lower socio-economic status than children from upper/middle socio-economic status?

(2) What interventions can be used to...

The quantitative part of this study will render numerical percentages of obese children in lower, middle, and upper socio-economic households in the United States as well as studying variables that contribute to rates of obesity in children. This study will be in the form of a systematic study. The second part of the research question, which asks why, will require qualitative research, which is descriptive and interpretive in nature.
Literature Review

Singh and Kogan (2009) relate that there has been a dramatic increase in the rates of childhood obesity in the United States over the past thirty years and that increase in the prevalence of obesity "have been substantial among all gender, rate, and socioeconomic groups." (p.2) Obesity is reported to have been identified "as one of the ten leading health indicators for the nation." (Singh and Kogan, 2009, p. 2) Overweight and obesity in children is reported to be defined "as body mass index (BMI) at or above the gender- and age-specific 85th and 95th percentile BMI cutoff points from the 2000 CDC growth charts." (Singh and Kogan, 2009, p 2) The prevalence of obesity among children is reported to have significantly increased "in relation to decreased levels of household education and income in both 2003 and 2007." (Singh and Kogan, 2009, p. 2) Stated specifically is that the prevalence of obesity among children and parents with less than 12 years of education "was 30.4% in 2007, 3.1 times higher than the obesity prevalence (9.7%) for children whose parents had a college degree." (Singh and Kogan, 2009, p. 2) Stated as well is that nearly 50% of children in the low-education and low-income groups were overweight in 2007 while children from the high-education and high-income group were obese at a rates of less than 23%. (Singh and Kogan, 2009, paraphrased)

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Works Cited

Cecil, JE, et al. (2005) Childhood Obesity and Socioeconomic Status: A Novel Role for Height Growth Limitation. International Journal of Obesity. 29. Retrieved from: http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v29/n10/full/0803055a.html

Gearhart, R., Gruber, DM, and Vanata, DF (2008) Obesity in the Lower Socio-Economic Status Segments of American Society. Forum on Public Policy. Retrieved from: http://forumonpublicpolicy.com/archivespring08/gearhart.pdf

Gibbs, BG and Forste, R (2013) Socioeconomic Status, Infant Feeding Practices, and Early Childhood Obesity. Princeton University. Educational Papers 130233. Retrieved from: http://paa2013.princeton.edu/papers/130233

Ogden, CL, et al. (2009) Obesity and Socioeconomic Status in Children and Adolescents: United States, 2005-2008. NCHS Data Brief. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db51.htm
Singh, GK and Kogan, MD (2009) Childhood Obesity in the United States, 1976-2008: Trends and Current Racial/Ethnic, Socioecomic, and Geographic Disparities. 75th Anniversary Celebration. Title V.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from: https://medicalrestorationcenters.com/neo/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Childhood-Obesity-trends.pdf
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