Obesity and Nursing Policy

Worldwide obesity epidemic peaked on June 18, 2013 when the American Medical Association (AMA) defined obesity as a condition requiring a series of interventions and prevention for various pathophysiological aspects . (Fryhofer, 2013). Given the increasing prevalence of obesity in all populations, the adverse health effects of obesity, and the associated medical costs, there is a gap between nurses in establishing evidence-based disease prevention strategies for adult patients and pediatric patients is there.

In response to published agreements on very few policies and public health recommendations on very early obesity, in June 2011, the Institute of Medicine's Adolescent Obesity Prevention Policy issued the "Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy" Announced a report. Robert Wood is sponsored by John Foundation, with the aim of first considering factors related to overweight and obesity in infants, young children, preschool children, focusing on nutrition, physical activity, and long-term I am serious. Members of the Sitting Behavior Committee are then responsible for identifying gaps in knowledge and advising on childhood obesity prevention policies.

Institute of Medical Research (IOM) 's prevention policy on childhood obesity Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences publication; 2011

Obesity is a major public health problem facing the United States and has a major impact on medical expenses and productivity. Incorporating an economic perspective into obesity research and policy helps to identify contributors to obesity, calculate the effects of obesity, and allocate scarce resources to intervention to maximize per dollar profit I will.

It is time to rethink the important role of nurses in promoting health and well-being of nutrition throughout the lifecycle. To the recommendation from the report of the 2012 Bipartisan Policy Center closely related to nursing entitled "Lost Place: How the US Health and Obesity Crisis Is Dealing with Our Economic Future" Includes the following. 2) experts to provide nutritional and physical activity information and methods of behavior to education, training and continuing education of all medical professionals; 3) Treatment as a health nurse The coach is trained and qualified to provide preventive services to high-risk groups that develop chronic diseases (29). Nursing as a specialized field succeeded in mobilizing interdisciplinary resources under the request of genetics (30), terminal term (31), gerontological medicine (32, 33).