It has been revealed that obesity do not only pose threat on a person’s health social life but also on the economic aspect. In 2008, the total estimated cost of obesity for both children and adult in Australia including the productivity cost, health system cost and carers was $58.2 billion (Australia Government Preventative Health Taskforce, 2009). There are numerous factors that are associated with the development of childhood obesity and socio-economic status is one of them. Sometimes one lives can be influenced by his or her socio-economic status and studies have revealed that. It has been revealed that children who are born into a lower socio-economic background with less education are more likely to be at risk in developing obesity (Moraeus et al 2012). This means that when the parent of the child is less educated there is a likelihood that the child would not be eating healthy foods and exercising more. Mostly, the people who are more likely to be in this position are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander as well as migrants (Burns & Thomson
It has been revealed that obesity do not only pose threat on a person’s health social life but also on the economic aspect. In 2008, the total estimated cost of obesity for both children and adult in Australia including the productivity cost, health system cost and carers was $58.2 billion (Australia Government Preventative Health Taskforce, 2009). There are numerous factors that are associated with the development of childhood obesity and socio-economic status is one of them. Sometimes one lives can be influenced by his or her socio-economic status and studies have revealed that. It has been revealed that children who are born into a lower socio-economic background with less education are more likely to be at risk in developing obesity (Moraeus et al 2012). This means that when the parent of the child is less educated there is a likelihood that the child would not be eating healthy foods and exercising more. Mostly, the people who are more likely to be in this position are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander as well as migrants (Burns & Thomson