Obesity in the USA

Write an Epidemiological Report on a public health issue of your choice in a country of your choice. Give it a clear title indicating the public health issue and the country of choice. Please answer the following questions in your report:

• Describe the burden (morbidity, mortality, impact on population) of that public health issue in your chosen population. What is the incidence/ prevalence of the condition? Please use authentic and most recent data sources and refer them appropriately using Harvard referencing guidelines.
• Comment on the distribution of that public health issue by person, place and time factors as relevant to your topic. You may include tables/ graphs/ charts to illustrate this. Please use authentic and most recent data sources and refer them appropriately using Harvard referencing guidelines.
• Choose one observational study that has been done on your chosen topic in your chosen population. Using that study discuss the determinants of the public health issue in your target population. Please include inferential statistics (e.g., Odds Ratio, Risk Ratio, Hazard Ratio etc.) or other relevant statistical findings from the study to support your discussion. Please interpret the statistics to show your understanding.
• Comment on the sampling strategy used in your chosen study. Critically evaluate it for any issues of bias.
• What are the prevention/ control/ management practices for this public health issue in your target population? Please link them with the epidemiology of the issue (distribution and determinants) that you have discussed earlier.

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The grading criteria for this assignment is available in Module Resources.

The total word count for this assessment is: 2,500.

Your Assignment is Linked to the Following Learning Outcomes:

• Understand principles of epidemiology and its role in public health practice.
• Critique the limitations and applications of sources and types of population and health surveillance data.