Question

Hello, please assist with the following:

Use the health impact pyramid by former CDC director Thomas Friedan. Name a disease or behavior (such as unhealthy eating). Summarize a coupe of possible interventions to address the health problem. Where does the solutions fit on the pyramid? How does where the intervention fit on the health pyramid impact how effective the approach could be?

Answer 1

Answer: The health impact pyramid by former CDC director Thomas Friedan includes the health pyramid which influences the person choice and state of health. The unhealthy eating habits causes increase in the risk of obesity. The obesity makes person more prone to the diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes etc. These are the chronic diseases which can be prevented by providing counseling and education to the people. Creating awareness among people regarding healthy eating can have major impact on their health. The intervention includes:

• Awareness among people regarding healthy lifestyle adaptation.
• Personal choice of people such as food preferences etc.
• People having any kind of health issues, the clinical intervention reveals about presence of disease state.
• Factors influencing the lifestyle and their outcomes.
• Social economic factors influencing the eating habits, lack of proper food availability, poverty etc.

The awareness is important part of the intervention for the unhealthy eating behavior. Most of people are unaware of the risk related to u healthy eating habits. Hence the eating behavior falls under the education and awareness intervention. This will directly influence people's choice of eating food as it will increase concern among people.