Obesity Management and Control Nathalia Queiroz School of Nursing and Health Sciences NURS-FPX 900

Obesity Management and Control Nathalia Queiroz School of Nursing and Health Sciences NURS-FPX 900

Obesity Management and Control Effects of Obesity on Quality of Care Obesity illness is a multifactorial, complex, and preventable condition affecting over a third of the global population, with evidence showing that by 2030 approximately 38% global population will be overweight and 20%being obese. While the overall rate of Obesity in most countries appears to have leveled, obesity rates, especially in children, are rising in most countries (Kaplan et al., 2018). Obesity is characterized by having too much weight over height. Still, this description conceals an etiologically complex phenotype predominantly related to high body fat, which is likely to express physiologically and physically. The disease raises the risk of lifelong illness morbidity, including diabetes type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression, and malignancies. Thus, the psychosocial and economic costs of obesity in combination with other illnesses are staggering. Despite these significant concerns, most patients cannot receive the necessary treatment because of health facility barriers, patient barriers, and lack of funding. Patient barriers include the ability to use the healthcare service where patients cannot receive the necessary care when it is not available in their location or if clinicians refuse to treat them due to insurance patient acculturation to new systems. Patients may find it challenging to obtain quality care due to their unfamiliarity with the hospital facility. Financial difficulties are another hindrance because patients may postpone treatment when they cannot afford healthcare treatment. Patients without medical insurance may delay medication, treatment, and tests. Even the insured patient may require uninsured items that they might not afford. Also, the dominant beliefs about the causes of illness and treatment may be influenced by culture. When healthcare practitioners and patients are from different cultures, the perceptions of treatment and disease