Introduction
In Ontario, obesity is a concern especially amongst adolescences which goes under diagnosed or ignored. This report will highlight the findings of various studies and the importance of being obese/overweight amongst adolescences in Ontario. This report will introduce the topics of theoretical underpinnings (interpretivism, positivism, and critical realism), research objectives, employed methodologies (quantitative and qualitative) and strength/limitations throughout studies. Interpretivism acquires to understand the meaning/conditions and does not focus to measure the prevalence of a condition, while positivism focuses on the truth that is created based on observation/measurement and generalization of cause and effect relationship …show more content…
To elaborate on the extent of obesity amongst adolescents, World Health Organization (WHO) reported that nearly one third (31.5%) of children between the ages 5 to 17 are overweight/obese (Roberts et al., 2015). The intent of this final report is to shed light on the negative impacts of obesity amongst adolescence and how the health of the population is currently being affected. Results based on the positivism approach concluded with Lower income residents were more likely to be overweight or obese (Larsen et al, 2015). Conversely, adolescents involved in the STOMP program did not have a significant BMI (0.08 ± 0.3) change but reported an improvement in quality of life and also had smaller waist circumference (Luca et al, 2014). Through the positivism approach, it can be determined that Obesity prevention programs may not have an instantaneous impact but over time will occur. In terms of the Prospective vs. Retrospective Approaches resulted in a similar outcome due to the studies being positivism and displaying quantitative methods. Results are as follows, Ten-year trends in overweight/obesity indicate stability among males and significant linear increases in some female subgroups (Allison et al, 2015). On the other hand, food reinforcement and parental obesity independently predict future weight gain among adolescents. Lastly, the interpretivism approach, results are achieved, according to the WHO approach, close to a third of 5- to 17-year-olds were identified as overweight or obese (Roberts et al, 2015), and 1 out of 5 adults in Canada are affected by obesity (Poirier et al, 2015). The estimates remain high and are a public health concern, given the tendency for excess weight in childhood to persist through to adulthood. To help reduce the pressure on our future healthcare systems enforcing changes and investing towards interventions and programs will help improve in
In Ontario, obesity is a concern especially amongst adolescences which goes under diagnosed or ignored. This report will highlight the findings of various studies and the importance of being obese/overweight amongst adolescences in Ontario. This report will introduce the topics of theoretical underpinnings (interpretivism, positivism, and critical realism), research objectives, employed methodologies (quantitative and qualitative) and strength/limitations throughout studies. Interpretivism acquires to understand the meaning/conditions and does not focus to measure the prevalence of a condition, while positivism focuses on the truth that is created based on observation/measurement and generalization of cause and effect relationship …show more content…
To elaborate on the extent of obesity amongst adolescents, World Health Organization (WHO) reported that nearly one third (31.5%) of children between the ages 5 to 17 are overweight/obese (Roberts et al., 2015). The intent of this final report is to shed light on the negative impacts of obesity amongst adolescence and how the health of the population is currently being affected. Results based on the positivism approach concluded with Lower income residents were more likely to be overweight or obese (Larsen et al, 2015). Conversely, adolescents involved in the STOMP program did not have a significant BMI (0.08 ± 0.3) change but reported an improvement in quality of life and also had smaller waist circumference (Luca et al, 2014). Through the positivism approach, it can be determined that Obesity prevention programs may not have an instantaneous impact but over time will occur. In terms of the Prospective vs. Retrospective Approaches resulted in a similar outcome due to the studies being positivism and displaying quantitative methods. Results are as follows, Ten-year trends in overweight/obesity indicate stability among males and significant linear increases in some female subgroups (Allison et al, 2015). On the other hand, food reinforcement and parental obesity independently predict future weight gain among adolescents. Lastly, the interpretivism approach, results are achieved, according to the WHO approach, close to a third of 5- to 17-year-olds were identified as overweight or obese (Roberts et al, 2015), and 1 out of 5 adults in Canada are affected by obesity (Poirier et al, 2015). The estimates remain high and are a public health concern, given the tendency for excess weight in childhood to persist through to adulthood. To help reduce the pressure on our future healthcare systems enforcing changes and investing towards interventions and programs will help improve in