CLO 3 (Research findings)

Section 1 – Research Questions

Primary research Questions:

·        Do obesity have major effects in our health?

Subtopic Questions:

·      How can we prevent being obese or overweight?

·      What are the effects in our health?

·      What is the rate of obesity in UAE?

Section 2 – Background Report Summary

Seeking an effective treatment to obesity through lifestyle change interventions for adults who are overweight or obese to prevent it from happening and by supporting the commissioners to achieve that. There are several elements for reducing and preventing obesity. To start with, following a healthy balanced diet and making it an eating habit to monitor gaining calories and be alerted of what the body lacks to stay healthy. Secondly, there has to be a family role in this contribution. Parents should promote and enforce attractively family physical activities to their children as a regular bases, as well as reducing any screen times such as watching TV and playing video games. This eating disorder should be taken in a serious matter because obesity can open gates to so many diseases, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, strokes, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnea and some types of cancers. Some of these chronic conditions and diseases can be fatal for humans. Therefore, finding solutions for obesity is very significant and crucial since it is the most growing and common eating disorder worldwide, as well as the UAE is no better than this rising rate of obesity.       

Section 3 – Questionnaire Results

The survey was conducted among 13 under­graduate students in the class. The purpose of the survey was to prevent the obesity in the college. The survey was conducted by means of a questionnaire given to the students to complete. The first part of the questionnaire dealt with, how much students are worried about being overweight or obese and how it affects the community issues. The second section was concerned with each student’s lifestyle. While the last section was talking about how can HCT help to avoid the obesity. The most significant items the charts illustrate are as follows. In the first section 46% of the students are quite and moderately concerned about being overweight or obese while 61% are extremely concerned about community issues. In the second section, the students who are very happy about the amount of exercise/physical activity was 46%; not surprisingly the most common physical activity was playing football and swimming which was by 5 students with an average of 4 to 14 hours per week. On the other hand, 46% of the students are quite concerned in playing video/ computer games, TV, Internet. Moreover, most students agreed to add courses and to have a greater role in helping students to prevent obesity in the HCT.

Section 4 – Discussion

As the result of the survey questionnaire that was distributed to the male students in class, the most interesting results were how students are willing to help the HCT in avoiding obesity. As it showed, the students were agreed to add courses and to have a greater role in combating students’ to prevent obesity in the college. Gladly, the survey showed that half of the students are satisfied of the amount of hours they spend in exercising and practicing other physical hobbies such as football and swimming. As it is mentioned in the background section that members should engage more in physical activities, which these students are definitely fulfilling it. Since the questionnaire survey revealed that most of the students are very much concerned of the affect of obesity as a community issue, drastic change should take place. Therefore, students and faculty of the college should collaborate with each other and take radical actions regarding the issue of obesity to the community to prevent it.

To sum up, if any conclusions may be drawn from the data, they are, perhaps, that students are concerned about obesity and want to help in avoiding it. In addition, they are encouraging to have sport courses and awareness lectures about obesity, which these students are ready to take place and participate in.