Ideas for Assessment

Ideas – How to cover Task 1 of the assessment

Three parts:

Part 1:

Define childhood obesity.

What are the most recent statistics and trends? Are there any cultural differences?

Part 2:

What are the effects of obesity…

            On the individual child? Their physical health?

                                                Mental/emotional/spiritual health?

                                                Socially?

            On other people around the child (family, friends, peers)?

                                                Their wellbeing?

                                                Their attitudes, values, beliefs?

             On the wider society (community, school, the nation)

                                                Attitudes, values, beliefs?

Part 3:

How has the issue of childhood obesity evolved?

What are the causes? Discuss a range of factors contributing to/causing the rise of obesity among children in New Zealand.