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Addressing obesity in the youth of America has finally overcome societal taboos that avoid criticizing weight problems, especially in youth. Obesity is officially a startlingly rampant health problem in virtually every corner of America. There are so many contributing factors it’s hard to even begin thinking of an approach to the situation, but one must, indeed, begin examining the problem purely as the health issue it is. Some of the contributing factors most easily seen are sedentary lifestyles promoted by gaming entertainment and other in home venues, the abundance and accessibility of cheap convenience foods, the decline in physical education in our schools, and lack of good nutrition programs that institute follow-up as well as instruction.
  Obesity does not just happen overnight, similarly it cannot be undone overnight. It would be very difficult and could seem impossible to a 12 year old boy who weighs 200lbs and is around 5’ tall to lose the unhealthy weight he has gained over the early years of his life. Not only is he being asked to lose weight, but to break habits that made it comfortable to be overweight. No, we cannot target kids in High school or Jr. High and successfully fix the now overwhelming health problems of obesity; we must establish programs that will be implemented into their education at a young age like kindergarten. These programs must be a requirement throughout the child’s entire educational career in order to teach, train and internalize healthy habits to maintain a healthy lifestyle, free of obesity.
  Obesity is the leading cause of diabetes, hypertension and other heart-diseases. Research done at Stanford USOM (University School of Medicine) shows that in 2007 $12.5 billion was spent on diabetes care. If obesity rates dropped, diabetes rates would respond directly, in turn money and programs spent on aiding and fighting diabetes could be reallocated to the programs that would be set in place to actually prevent the issues caused by our inaction in fighting obesity.

I chose to vote for safer parks and street to promote physical activity. This community health priority kills two birds in one stone. Creating an outdoor environment decreases effects of indoor pollutants, while also helping the obesity issue.

Depression and mental health programs would be my community health priority because it has been historically neglected and because there is many people with mental health issues who don’t have access to treatment programs.

I go back and fourth between two issues.  The first, obesity being a definite problem in the community.  The second being the amount of teen birth rates that we have.  I did an internship that provided help to teen mothers and was shocked at how many teen mothers that are in the community.  Education on birth controls, how to get them, screenings, and needing to be readily available.

I feel that obesity is a big issue in our community and in the United States in general.  The health problems it can cause are numerous and very dangerous.  I think that it is important to start out with educating people about healthy nutrition and getting plenty of exercise.

I feel that obesity is something that deserves additional funding.  This is a very big problem facing children today in the U.S.  Obesity is a major health concern and we are faced with challenges everyday of choosing the right foods to eat.  Our youth is struggling with obesity today because of schools cutting their physical education programs.

I think more funding should go towords free screenings for diseases. Early detection of a disease will help prevent it from greatly affecting someone’s life (or taking their life) as opposed to not finding the disease is there until the later stages. I think this is more cost effective than trying to treat diseases when they are already full blown and are much harder to treat.

Obesity in my opinion is my community’s health priority. At my school district back at home, they have started to drop Physical Exercise courses, lessened the time used for recess in addition to combining recess with lunch. This change occurred after I had graduated, but I noticed it within the school system because my grandma runs a daycare and I used to help her out. Through this, I would hear the kids she watched complain about being too lazy or what they were being fed; she was feeding them vegetable soup and healthy snacks. This raised an issue to me.  How can PE and activities such as recess be cut? I know funding has a major part of it, but maybe the classes should be shorter so that the kids can have time to play or have PE. Plus, by combining recess with lunch, the kids are just wolfing down their foods, or picking the most “tasty” parts of the meal and leaving the healthy stuff behind on the tray just so that they can get outside. If this keeps up, our country is going to look somewhat of the Disney movie, Wall-E – people getting around in moving chairs, bones depleting, and being fat and heavy. What a future! :>

Obesity prevention is my top priority because it is a disease we know how to prevent and fight, and still many people are choosing not to.  The upsetting thing about chronic disease in the US today is that it is largely a result of behavior and lifestyle choices that we have control over.  If we can prevent obesity we can potentially prevent the onset of other chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease.  I think its time to turn health care dollars and energy to the prevention programs so that we don’t need to invest so much in curative care, which only “bandaids” our problems.

Public funding should go towards free screenings of preventative diseases. It is much more cost effective to prevent these diseases and treat them in widely stages then it is to treat them when chronic disease conditions start. Prevention is the main value of public health model and by reducing the number of chronic health conditions, health care costs would go down as well and our overall population would be healthier.

I think prevention of obesity should rank number one in community health priorities because the costs of treating associated chronic diseases are high.  Diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease are extremely expensive to treat and preventing obesity is is relatively inexpensive.  The popuation of uninsured individuals continues to increase, and until there is a public option, communities need to invest in upstream public health initiatives to avoid the costs of treating uninsured and underinsured individuals.

my opinion is that in the field of Public Health, we believe in the power of preventative care. Prevention is always a key to decrease financial burden on this economy’s health care system, increase healthy life span, and overall create a community where people can focus on being healthy.

With that being said, I voted for the “Adolescent and teen health awareness programs”. For awareness equals empowerment. When youths are fully informed of their options and consequences, I believe they will be proactive in adopting or preserving a healthy lifestyle.

I think preventative screening for diseases is the most important. This is something that usually costs a lot of money and so many people don’t get regular check-ups or tests done. If we had more funding for this more people would be able to detect a disease earlier and take care of it before it gets worse. Some people don’t even know they’re sick until its too late and often this is because they can’t afford to see someone about it.

Mental health is probably the biggest priority. Not very many people are willing to talk about their mental health, or accept that it is just as important as phsycial health. So many people in Oregon, and throughout the country, have little to no insurance coverage for mental health prevention and treatment and many people would probably say they could deal with their mental health on their own. However, about 50% of the population needs mental health services, and about only 11% will recieve or seek it. So where is the gap? There is a heavy stigma attached to mental health issues and being treated for them. This is the biggest health priority in Oregon, and the US. Mental health issues can be prevented, but there needs to be more funding and research devoted to this area.

The biggest problem that I see with my community is nutrition.  Many of the people I have talked to don’t seem to even know what is a good food choice and what isn’t.  Everyone knows soda is “bad” and fruits and veggies are “good”.  The most food advice that is heard by the public is infomercials about fad diets.  Our population would be a lot healthier if they had good solid information on nutrition and how your body uses certain foods.

I believe prevention of obesity is extremely important as well as depression and mental health programs. Many of these topics can be related together like teaching kids about public health and promoting health eating. All of the topics are, but some have greater urgency then others.

From the selections given, ranging from quality childcare, to the prevention of obesity, using fewer pesticides, to nutritional education, from dental and oral health care, etc.  All these issues are hot button topics for Public Health and while I believe each are equally important; the topic that made it to the high priority list for myself is nutritional education.  I believe if we fully support nutritional education, it can definitely correlate with the prevention of obesity and even with the use of fewer pesticides.  I believe everyone can benefit from nutritional education, not only can it be used for preventive measures for obesity, but also being nutritionally sound can correlate with the prevention of other diseases and cancers such as, cardiovascular disease, colon cancer, heart disease, and so on and so forth. Being nutritionally aware of what you place in your body can have tremendous impacts, whether it be in the present or future.

At the top of my list, even though it is hard to choose from this list, is free preventative screenings for diseases. Many low income people don’t go to the doctor’s if they feel sick because they don’t have insurance and don’t have the money to pay for an appointment, thus they put them off. In the end, they rush to the emergency rooms, which costs the health care systems millions of dollars because they don’t end up paying their bills.

I think that more funding should go to adolescent and teen health awareness programs.  With more funding here you could cover some of the other options posted above, for example, nutrition, obesity awareness, as well as mental health awareness.  The more children and teens can learn the better chance we have at preventing more diseases.  Not to mention these age groups love to share information they learn, so there is a good chance they will share it with friends and family spreading the message even further.

The one issue that needs more attention would be The scary rates of obesity. People need to be better informed of ways to eat healthier and become more physically active. So additional funding could be used to promote healthy eating and maybe to create a public exercise facility or something.

I think that extra funding should go towards Adolescent and teen health awareness programs. Teens are the future and in order to improve the health of the future we need to educate the people that will be aprt of the future if we want to make a difference.

When asked to chose what to prioritize, I had a difficult time deciding as all of the issues are very important. I ended up voting for nutrition education, as it is something that everybody can work on. We are given the choice of many different foods, yet many opt for the unhealthy options which have serious lasting effects. Once people start to realize how important a healthy diet is, the overall health status of our nation will significantly improve.

I was surprised to see that nutrition education turned into obesity prevention. I do of course correlate the two very closely but nutrition education is so much more then just preventing obesity. It’s preventing MANY different kinds of caners and CVD (from other factors like high cholesterol) the two main causes of death. Having healthy eating behaviors can transmit to every other health aspect not just obesity.

These seem to all be important Public Health issues.  I think the education and promotion of nutrition and physical activity are the most important. If nobody was obese and everyone was physically fit i’m sure the health system would see a major reduction in chronic disease and other Obesity related diseases. freeing up billions of dollars.

I think the community is in need of obesity prevention, especially since it is a leading cause of some deadly diseases.physical27

As I think about what my community needs are right now, I belive that free prevention screening for disease would be a usefull way to decrease chronic diseases, and have people with low income use resources that will help lower helath care costs. When people are able to use resources that will help them for future health issuses they will take full advantage of them because emergency rooms are a cost shift and are almost impossible to pay without insurance.

I think every community’s health priority if I had to choose one would be better education for adolescents to lower the number of chronic diseases. Many chronic diseases can be prevented with proper education on living a healthy lifestyle. The younger generation is our future and shouldn’t suffer from the same disease with all the advancement in the health field and technology, or shouldn’t suffer more from certain problems like obesity more than previous generations.

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I believe adolescent and teen health awareness programs should be the issue that receives additional funding. I chose this because I feel it is extremely important to educate the young and practice prevention techniques. By having an influence on their lives starting at an early age, they will be well informed which will hopefully lead them to practice healthy living. This is more likely to continue through out their adolescence/teen years and in to adulthood. It is more effective to reach the younger generation than to change the negative living habits of adults. With additional funding and making adolescent/teen health awareness a priority, things like unhealthy eating, smoking, substance abuse, etc. could be prevented and a healthy lifestyle encouraged.

From the choices above I believe that one of the most important health issues to address in the community right now is childhood obesity.  With the rates of obesity skyrocketing w/in the last decade or so, more and more children are acquiring diabetes, which is a serious disease that will be w/ them for the rest of their lives.  The obesity rates in the US far out way any other country.  The unfortunate thing about this is that diabetes & childhood obesity (for most cases anyways) in America is preventable.  I think the best way to address a change is by making schools offer better health food choices in the school (no vending machines, soda pop machines, etc.) and instead of cutting p.e. and other physical activities - make them required everyday (for at least 30 minutes).  Its no secrete that every individual should get at least 20-30 minutes of physical activity each day, but yet most children only receive that recommended amount of exercise either every other day, or in some cases once a week if they are not getting it outside of school hours.  This problem only contributes to the obesity rates in our children today.  This is a community health issue that I would like to see be fixed w/in the hear future.

I chose quality childcare. I believe this is extremely important because quality child care or the lack of can make a huge difference in a child’s social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Children need to be encouraged and instructed in a positive environment that will help them become responsible and respectful people in society. We wonder why so many children turn out to have physical, mental, emotional, social issues when they get older…I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that they are not receiving quality care by caregivers. Children are the future. If we do not invest in them, they will turn out to be the people that Public Health is trying to reach to begin with. Children need to learn from positive interactions, observe positive behavior, and be given positive instructions. This is important because once they reach an adult,it is more challenging to change their behavior.

I think that education about the prevention of chronic disease such as obesity, heart disease, cancer etc. could greatly benefit the community at large. Prevention of these and other chronic diseases require healthy lifestyles that would simultaneously help to eliminate other disease emphasis on ‘lifestyle’ would also help to create positive social norms and expectations.

I believe adolescent and teen health awareness programs need to be emphasized in my community. Especially focusing on sexual health. Some counties have numbers as high as 1/3 of sexually active teens having an STI. Birth control is important to educate on but different contraceptives need to be pushed harder.

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I believe that adolescent and teen health awareness programs are the priority for funding because if we educate at a young age then we will not have to worry as much about the future. This could prevent things like obesity and smoking because children are educated enough to know that it is bad for you.

I chose ‘depression and mental health’ because of my belief that if someone is depressed, or overly anxious, or has another type of mental disruption, he or she will have a significantly harder time finding happiness in life and motivation to stay healthy. If someone is optimistic and energetic, he or she will be much more likely to go for a run, make healthy food choices, and be an asset to the community. If citizens are happy and mentally sound, many of the other problems on the list are likely to work themselves out.

I chose Adolescent and teen health awareness programs because i believe that every part of health education starts with young generations. They have alot of influences on their lives and to educate them at a young age and get them eating healthy and excercising early on would give them such a great head start into their future. It’s something that gives them a chance to feel good about themselves because there are so many pressures at their age, they need something to make them feel good.

I would choose nutrition education and free preventative screenings for diseases. I feel that implementing these two choices would greatly increase the health of our Americans. Educating children at a young age about nutrition and how to properly eat should cut down the numbers of obese children in the United States. Statistics show the obesity is being an epidemic and it starts somewhere. Children are raised to think that its okay to eat dinner at fast food restaurants because we are living in such a fast paced world meaning not a lot of people have time to cook a meal and sit down and eat it. When actually, this would be the best alternative to prevent obesity, especially in children and adolescents. Another issue that should be implemented is free preventative screenings for diseases. There are many forms of cancer that are on the rise, that could have actually been prevented ahead of time with the proper screenings. These tests are fairly expensive and I feel that if they are free, then more people would get tested. This measure would actually save more lives and there should be no cost to do that.

I chose Adolescent and teen health awareness programs because if we start to educate our children early they hopefully won’t have such problems was we do. this seemed to be the most up stream approach and one of the least expensive.

I would pick nutrition education to get more funding. Right now we face a huge problem in America with people becoming over weight and obese.I believe if we start to educate people when they are young and till they graduate that they will know what is health and what is not. with all the fast food advertisements around us it is very easy to just stop and get something fast. but with the proper education we would know how harmful eating fast food can be to our bodies.

I would choose nutritional and physical education to receive more funding. I believe these aspects are a huge player in the current state of Americans. We are a fast food nation and loves video games. We should focus our efforts toward schools and teach children how to keep healthy and a healthy weight. I feel like children today are going up thinking that whats easy is good for you, like fast food. We need to being teaching for practical physical activity where children don’t always need other people to be active. Teach running, walking or even tennis to show children how they can be active outside of a PE class. Physical education needs to be backed up by nutrition education so our country doesn’t continue the obesity epidemic.

I choose to vote for obesity because physical activity in schools has been cut and food as well in schools have been less healthy.  There have been some actions done in some schools such as taking vending machines out of schools and making sure that students have at least a certain amount of physical activity each week.  Obesity has been a growing problem and America has some of the largest portions of food served at restaurants and in homes.  We need to eat healthy and stay physical in order to cut down on getting diseases like diabetes or having clogged arteries.

I believe a lot of these issues are important but something that affects me personally and believe effects many others is Dental and Oral Care. This is a very costly issue and can lead to huge problems if not taken care of in a proper time or manner. Numerous of people don’t have insurance for dental/oral care and I know like myself it’d be one of the things I wish I had.

I chose to vote for the prevention of obesity, for the reason that it will soon surpass tobacco as the leading killer of Americans. By preventing obesity, we can reduce the incidence of chronic disease like diabetes and cardiovascular disease; however, all of the issues listed could stand additional funding. Making the public and elected officials aware of all the societal ills that could be improved through increased funding for public health is the hard part.

Several of these issues are tied together. However, my community seems to be a relatively safe place. One huge problem though (which many people may not see) is how many homeless people there are here! If they could find better housing than under a bridge, their health would probably start to improve which is basically what all of the other options are about.

Prevention is key in my book, but not just prevention of obesity or disease, but for mental health disorders, etc. Our country is so focused on secondary and tertiary health programs that we have forgotten to work at preventing the diseases we are trying to cure. People also need to have affordable health care, clean housing, and proper meals, so I can’t pick one of those health priorities over any other. Sorry!

I believe that prevention of obesity is one of the major concerns right now, not just in my community, but all over the map. Obesity rates in the United States are skyrocketing at a scary pace. There needs to be something done that stops this tragic event from happening to so many people, its unhealthy and claiming several peoples lives. I think that we should start with educating people about Obesity and what its long term effects are on your body, I would hope that being educated about it, would prevent people from letting themselves get out of hand.

Personally, I believe that focus should be a free test and disease prevention. It is scary to think people that cannot afford to get a test to determine an illness will just for ever go on being sick, in the process affecting more and more people. I think it’s vital to the ill person and the society that is in contact with the ill that we be aware of who is sick so that the person can take responsibility to not infect others and mainly have a chance at getting a cure and becoming well again.

I believe that Nutrition Education should be our top priority. The reason I believe this is because a lot of us do not even know what we are putting in our bodies we just buy things because the packageing looks cool or the product has so much sugar in it that we become addicted to the taste of it and want more and more. People dont realize How many calories they are taking in. In America, peoples calorie intake is about 3500 a day and the rest of the world is around 2000 a day. We dont uncerstand what we are putting in our bodies and we dont understand how much of it we are putting in our bodies.

I would say that the biggest concern right now would be the prevention of obesity. US is at the highest rise on obesity rates and its just insane. Every year its increasing; its very unhealthy and its taking away lives. Something should be done to prevent this from happening.