A Report on the The Rising Incidence of Obesity

A REPORT ON THE THE RISING INCIDENCE OF OBESITY

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By Jonique Wong, Tok Wei Cheng, Lim Jia Hui, Luqman, Tulsi

8 July 2015

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CONTENTS                                                Pages

Executive Summary                                                      i

1.       INTRODUCTION

1.1     Purpose

1.2       Background

1.3     Method of investigate

1.4     Scope

2.      FINDINGS

2.1     Respondents’ Profile

2.2    Interest Level

2.3    Preferred Activities

2.4    Language Ability

2.5    Current Influences

3.      CONCLUSIONS

4.      RECOMMENDATIONS

References

Appendices 

i        Survey form

ii       Manual collation

iii      Newspaper clippings

iv      List of interview questions 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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A REPORT ON THE RISING INCIDENCE OF OBESITY

1.  INTRODUCTION            

1. Purpose

The purpose of this report is to investigate the reasons behind the rising incidence of obesity in society. The report will also cover the precautionary measures taken against obesity.

1. Background

Obesity had been officially been recognised as a disease and is considered as one of the fastest rising conditions throughout the world. In 2014, there are close to 2 billion adults, who are above the age of 18, out of the 2 billion adults, 31% of them are obese. This pose as a serious threat as the consequences that comes with Obesity are deadly. Obesity is then linked to developing disease such as cardiovascular diseases, which is the primary cause of death in 2012, musculoskeletal disorders and cancers.