The document provides information on preventing obesity among children. It discusses defining obesity and the causes of childhood obesity, including genetic and lifestyle factors. Healthy diet and physical activity are key to preventing obesity. The goal is for the 10-year-old patient to maintain a healthy weight through developing an understanding of nutrition, daily routines incorporating exercise, and making long-term behavioral changes.

1. Prevention of Obesity
among Children

2. Brief Patient/Learner
Summary
The patient is 10 years old, a grade 4
student, with a diagnosis of overweight.
His height is 4’9 and with a weight of
53kgs. He is not active in physical
activities. Slow in movements. His parents
tolerate him to have a bad eating habits

3. especially eating not nutritious food (e.g.
chips and soft drinks) on his snacks. Initial
interview suggests preference for learning
through visual means.

4. Introduction of Topic
Childhood obesity is a condition where
excess body fat negatively affects a
child’s health or wellbeing. As methods to
determine body fat directly are difficult, the
diagnosis of obesity is often based on
BMI.

5. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in
children and its many adverse health
effects it is being recognized as a serious
public health concern. It is important to
recognize that obesity in many cases can
be a preventable health condition.

6. While many factors including genetic
predisposition contribute to
obesity, dietary behaviors and rates of
physical activity are two major factors that
can be modified.
Teaching about healthy diet and the

7. importance of maintaining a health activity
level to young children is important as
obesity is more easily prevented than
treated.
It is important to begin prevention
efforts early in childhood because obesity
in adolescence is the strongest
predictor of obesity in adulthood.

8. Setting
 Patient’s House
Time frame
 1 – 2 hrs

9. Overall goal
The patient will be able to prevent from
being obese and to maintain his ideal
body weight.

10. Objectives Topics Methodology Evaluation
At the end of the I. Define Obesity The patient will be
session, the client II. Causes of Lecture and able to summarize
will be able to: obesity in children. Discussion (Power the important
Define and Discuss III. Compare foods Point things to
the concept of that are healthy to Presentation). remember with
obesity among unhealthy one that regards to obesity
children. causes obesity. Showing photos especially at his
IV. Potential for healthy and age. (e.g. The
Illnesses or unhealthy food. causes of obesity
complications that are the: Through
are related to genetic factors,
obesity dietary habits,
V. Identifying the socioeconomic
normal weight of a status and physical
child in relation to inactivity)
his age.

11. Enumerate VI. Ways to Lecture and The client
ways on how prevent Discussion will be able
to prevent obesity in (Power Point to name the
children in children. Presentation ways that
obesity. 1. Set a prevent him
Limit in obesity
2. Set a (e.g. Be
good active, he
example. will start to
3. Be active engage in
4. Make sports to
exercise fun reduce
5. Educate weight)

12. Create a daily VII. List of Lecture and The client will
routine plan nutritious food Discussion be able to
for the child to recommend (Power Point verbalized
to prevent to the child. Presentation) understanding
from obesity. regarding the
VIII. List of Showing photos routine that is
of activities and
activities been
exercise (e.g.
appropriate for walking, jogging, recommended.
his age. swimming, etc) The client’s
parents will be
IX. Time Showing photos able to set
Management of nutritious limitations to
foods (e.g.
about playtime their son
vegetables,
and study fruits) regarding
time. playtime to
study time.

13. Participate in the X. Tips for
formulation of Preventing Lecture and The client will
plans for Obesity among Discussion (Power develop the self-
preventing Children Point awareness on how
obesity in 1. Practice Presentation) a child can
children. Routinely prevent obesity.
exercises to
maintain ideal
body weight.
2. Comply with
the required
nutritional intake
for his age.
3. Develop self-
control with
regards to the
things that can
cause obesity.