Internal Assesment for Caribbean Studies

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2he problem of obesity is of vital importance to all citizens of 2rinidad and 2obago. 5besity is primarily caused by ones lac; of e9ercise and poor diet. 2his can lead to the development of physiological diseases such as 2ype0diabetes. 5besity can be described as a social problem because of thestigma that is often attached to it.

Value of Study

5besity is an inimical problem that a:ects most people of today=s society. >yac$uiring ;nowledge and information about obesity is e9tremely bene cial toall individuals= adults and children ali;e. 2herefore the educational value of this research pro3ect is high.

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De nition of technical terms5besity? the state of being fat or overweight

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Literature Re ie!8n order to fully understand the e:ects and social implications of

obesity, a number of sources were e9amined.

!art of the problem of obesity is one=s diet. 2he Daily 9pressnewspaper published an article on child obesity within 2rinidad and 2obagoon %eb @, 0/(B written by Anna Ramdass. Cia interview, the minister of health Dr %uad han claims that this country=s children are becoming moreobese than that of America. 2he article then goes on to say that the mainreason for this is the chemicals used in the processing of food. *he furtheradded that children from urban areas were more susceptible to obesity thanrural areas. Eowever she failed to mention the social implications associatedwith obesity. 2he Eealth Finister Dr han has no statistical data to bac; uphis notion thus, this impact on the validity of his statements. %urthermoredue to this his statements are open to his personal bias.

5ne of these social implications is discrimination. elly D. >rownell,Rebecca F. !uhl, Farlene >. *chwartz and Geslie Rudd did an in6depthanalysis into the obese being discriminated in their boo; Height >ias?ear the>urden Alone. 2his boo; summarised how sensitive teenagers are to obesityand shows how stress can be brought about through verbal abuse in4ictedby peers. Ee went on give possible solutions for this problemI Dr Gebowstated that parents, doctors and teachers can provide possible solutions forthis along with government assistance. Eowever this boo; is somewhatoutdated since it was published in 0//@ and therefore may not be relevant totoday=s society.

5besity is often lin;ed to ones lac; of e9ercise and physical activitywhich can cause unnecessary diseases and death. Fichael Jard and KanHright published a boo; entitled 2he 5besity pidemic? *cience, Forality,and 8deology analysed the problem of obesity from various angles e9aminingthe science of it and what is portrayed by popular media. 2hey encapsulated

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the scienti c, moral and ideological assumptions about people and theirlives. Jiven the nature of the boo; published the results found may only beapplicable to the country in which it was conducted.

Diseases that are often categorised as being only applicable to adults

are being to become more prevalent in children such as high blood pressure,early symptoms of hardening of the arteries, type0 diabetes, non6alcoholicfatty liver disease, polycystic ovary disorder, and disordered breathing duringsleep. 2his was presented in an article written by *teven Daniels the

onse$uences of hildhood 5verweight and 5besity in 2he %uture of hildren, Col. (&. Ee then analysed the anatomy of the human systematically

surveying the body7s systems, showing how obesity in adulthood candamage and how childhood obesity e9acerbates the damage. 2his boo; ishighly sub3ective and the ndings may not be appropriate for this researchpro3ect.

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Data "ollection SourcesPrimary Sources:

2he type of research method used was applied research. 2his study willcollect data from students of !resentation ollege haguanas on the problem

of obesity and how it impacts an individual. 2herefore $uantitative methodsof the collection of data were used. 2he method of applied research issuitable for this pro3ect because this method can be used to ac$uire andapply ;nowledge to the problem of obesity.

A $uestionnaire was used to collect data. 2his is an appropriatemethod of data collection because it is relatively ine9pensive and can bedone $uic;ly. 8t provides $uantitative data and can be easily dispersed.

2he appro9imate student population of !resentation is &//. A

$uestionnaire was formulated consisting of (1 $uestions in order to ful l theob3ectives of this pro3ect. A fairly small sample size of @1 students was used. 2he students were selected based on a systematic process of @ students perclass. 5ut of these @1 $uestionnaires @0 were usable.

2he $uestions were administered on %riday 0B th Kanuary 0/(B duringthe lunch brea; and all responses were ;ept to the strictest con dentialityand were returned on the completion of lunch.

2he data will be analysed through the use of tables and graphs alongwith descriptive and analytical text.

Secondary Sources:

8n evaluating the secondary sources al sources are valid and reliable,furthermore they re4ect the situation in today=s society. A variety of secondary sources were used such as? newspaper articles, internet blogs,research papers and electronic boo;s. All sources are valid and the authors

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are authorised to give information in this research pro3ect on childhoodobesity despite being conducted in foreign countries such as in ngland andAmerica. 2hese sources greatly helped the research in conducting thispro3ect as they showed various areas of agreement and contradiction withthis research study.

Presentation of Data

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#igure $%&: A pie chart showing the importance of having ;nowledge onobesity

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)able &%$: 2able showing the percentages of the ma3or causes of obesity

*a+or "auses of obesity Results

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)pon e9amining the $uestion of who is to blame for this problem arespondent said that, !arents are mainly to blame as they are responsible tocontrol the diets of their childrenM another said that 2eachers have to ta;e

some of the blame also because theyare supposed to educate their studentsabout a healthy lifestyle.

Also when students were as;ed what can be done to solve this problemone said that, ducation of obesity is important so that people can ;now thevarious negative e:ects of obesity.

Hhen $uestion of how the problem of obesity can be resolved some ofthe students indicated that healthier food needed to become more readilyavailable in school. Another said that, parents= needs to prepare more

home coo;ed meals and students need to live a healthier more physicallyactive lifestyleM said a respondent.

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Picture .%$: A picture showing the e:ects of childhood obesity

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,nalysis of Data

>ased on the ndings from the usable sample, the ma3ority of studentswere between the ages of (@ and (1 "&- #, 0 of the sample size werebetween the ages of (& and ( and the remaining @ were between (- and0(. All of the students were male.

2he +0 ma3ority of them did not consider themselves to be obese andoverweight. Eowever -B of them ate fast food at least once a wee;. 5f thishalf the sample size ate fast food once a wee;. 2his e9plains why most of them did not consider themselves obese or overweight. 5nly 0 responds saidthat they ate fast food every day. A trend was found because of the -respondents who considered themselves obese ate fast food at least threetimes a wee; and of these - respondents all of them indicated that peoplewho lived in urban areas are more susceptible to obesity due to the readyavailability of fast food.

Hhen as;ed if the discriminate some of their peers 1 honest individualsindicated they did, 0/ of them said they did not and the remaining sevenchose the N


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Discussion of #indings

2he research pro3ect indicated that students from !resentation ollegehaguanas did not consider themselves to be obese. Eowever they said that

children in urban areas are more susceptible to obesity this supported AnnaRamdass= report in the Daily 9press rownell, Rebecca F. !uhl, Farlene >. *chwartz and Geslie Rudd=sboo; about the social implications of obesity relating to discrimination and isin compliance with that of the results.

8n this research it was evident that obesity can ta;e a toll on a person=semotions especially if they are discriminated against by their peers this wasreinforced by the sample population in which the ma3ority of them said thatobesity negatively impacts one=s self esteem and further bac;ed up by DrFichael D. Gebow=s boo; about the emotional implications of obesity. 5besechildren often su:er from teasing by their peers. *ome are harassedor discriminated against by their own family. *tereotypes abound and maylead to low self6esteem and depression this was again e9pressed in DrFichael D. Gebow=s boo; .

5besity can have many long term illnesses and to life6threateningconditions including high blood pressure, type 0 diabetes, heart diseases,sleep problems, cancer, and other types of disorders. %urther children whoare obese usually grow up to be obese adults. All of these health e:ects arecontributing to a shorter lifespan for these obese children this was conveyedboth by Fichael Jard and Kan Hright and *teven Daniels.

5besity is usually caused by ones lac; of e9ercise because childrenwho fail to participate in consistent physical activity are at larger ris; of obesity this trait can also be carried on to adulthood in many cases. 2hema3or reason for this trait is because when one is physically inactivate forprolonged period this leaves unused energy within the body which can storeas fat under the s;in and around organs this was illustrated by Fichael Jardand Kan Hright=s boo;.

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"onclusions/ Limitations and Recommendations

"onclusions

8n summary the study was based on the e:ects of childhood obesity. 8tsought to obtain information on how prevalent obesity was in !resentation

ollege haguanas, how often the students ate fast food, the various healthe:ects both mentally and physically associated with obesity, thestigmatisation and discrimination that can impact one=s self esteem andwhat solutions can be implemented to solve this problem.

8t was noted that all results found are in compliance with all the otherliterature identi ed.

>ased on the ndings it can be said that students within !resentation

ollege haguanas are not obese and do not consider themselves obese.Discrimination amongst the obese is prevalent within the school which canlead to stress and other mental related illnesses which can further amplifythe problem.

Limitations

Data collection was limited s only a small portion of the studentpopulation was chosen because only @1 $uestionnaires were administeredand of this @ of them were unusable. 2he information obtained from the

students may not be valid because some respondents may not have givenaccurate answers.

%urthermore the ndings may only be applicable to !resentationollege haguanas only and not be generalised to all secondary schools

within the region since the dynamics of all secondary school may not be thesame. 2he ma3ority of the students interviewed were male and therefore theinformation cannot be generalised to that of females.

Recommendations

!arents can help prevent their children from becoming obese bychanging the way the entire family eats and e9ercises together. 2he best waychildren learn is by e9ample, so parents need to lead by e9ample by living ahealthy lifestyle so that children in turn lives a healthy lifestyle.

*chool oPcials can be very instrumental in solving this problem byproviding a safe and supporting environment for students so that healthy

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behaviours may be supported and also so that healthier food be made moreavailable for the consumption of students.

!eer councillors should wor; hand in hand with administration in orderto control the problem of obesity with !resentation. Also peer councils have

to be aware about the sensitivity of the issue so that correct measures canbe implemented.

Bibliography

>oo;s?

Fohammed, K. "0//+#. CAPE Caribbean Studies: an Interdisciplinary Approach . 59ford, ) ? FacFillan !ublishers

elly D. >rownell "0//1#. Weight Bias: Nature, Consequences, and Re edies!Juilford !ress

Fichael D. Gebow "0//@#. "#er$eight %eenagers: &on't Bear the Burden Alone!

Fichael Jard, Kan Hright "0//1#. "besity Epide ic: Science, (orality, andIdeology . !sychology !ress

Articles?

Far; %raser "0/(@#. "bese ) healthy a yth! Daily 9press


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,ppendices

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0uestionnaire

Fy name is >randon A;ai and 8 am a si9th form student of !resentationollege haguanas. 8 am carrying out an investigation about the problem of

obesity a:ects an individual. 2he information you provide on this$uestionnaire would be ;ept to the strictest con dentiality. 2han; you inadvance.

Please ll out accordingly:

(. Hhat gender are you Fale

%emale0. Hhat age group do you fall into

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