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An occupational health nurse are genuinely leaders of public health and care in the workplace. They are usually qualified and registered nurses and midwives that have done additional training to get to this position. “Their additional training in public health enables them to assess the health needs of individuals, families and the wider community to promote good health and prevent illness,” (The National Health Service (c), 2016), this showing that an occupational health nurse could get involved in a person’s life if they are seen to be obese, so they could assess a child’s health needs and see that they are on the obese sale, and then give the parents some advice on good health and how to help the child to prevent illness and to try and get the child back to the average weight of their age.

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One health care professional that links to obesity is a dietician, this is because a dietician has many roles, these being things such as; identifying nutrition problems of patients, assessing and promoting the health of the general public, which is important to ensure that the public know about healthy eating and the risks of not having a healthy diet, which could potentially lead to obesity.  Another role which I important is “Developing diet plans and counselling patients on special diet modifications,” (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2016). This then helping children with obesity because if they are gaining weight or are already obese, then the dietitian will look over this and assess the child, then eventually giving he/she a diet plan which shows them what they need to eat and when they need to eat it to ensure they are losing weight but at the same time are meeting their nutritional needs. This could be good for the parents as well because if they are finding it difficult to lose weight themselves or to help their child lose weight, then they could also do this to support the child.

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When it comes to obesity, there are many healthcare professionals that have to get involved, to either help the person with their diet, or to ensure they know the risks of being obese and how to prevent this.

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The financial impact caused by obesity can affect a child’s development because if he parent is spending all of the money to fulfil their needs, this could negatively affect a child as they may not be getting all of the things they need in life. They may also not be getting the things that all of their friends have, this isn’t an essential in life but a child likes to fit in with their peers, but if their parents cannot afford this because of them spending all of their money to fulfil their own needs, then a child may become down, they may start to get bullied for this and could result in them isolating themselves; therefore, effecting their social development. As obese people tend to be very unhealthy, this could have a very negative impact on the child, because the parents may only want to eat what is bad for them such as junk food, and if this is all the parents are providing, then the child has no choice but to eat it, causing their health to decline as them being more at risk of being obese.

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Being obese can have a very negative effect on not just your physical situation but your financial situation also. This could be due to many things, for example; an obese person tends to have a bigger appetite, therefore they would have to buy a lot more food just to fill them up, causing more and more money to go on food, “a person with obesity burns more calories than an average person and thereby requires more calories for maintaining the weight.” (Clau,K, 2014). It also tends to cost more because as a person is gaining weight, they go up in clothes sizes, meaning that they would have to go out and buy knew clothes, causing them to spend more money. Obesity can affect a person financially because obesity comes with a higher risk of health problems such as type two diabetes; if a person gets this, they would have to be on medication to control it, therefore costing them more money.

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A child’s behaviour is a big factor that relates to obesity. This is because not a lot of parents feel that they are capable of managing children’s eating behaviours and physical activity behaviours. For example, if there is a single parent that is trying to manage a full-time job as well as looking after a child, they may find this extremely exhausting and difficult; therefore, if a child is screaming for un healthy food and will not stop asking the parent, they are more likely to just give in and give the child what they want because it is seen as ‘easier’. However, this could be just the same with a child’s physical activity behaviour, this is because if a child regularly eats healthy and only has the odd meal of bad foods, but they do very little physical activity, then they could be at risk of gaining weight and eventually becoming obese. This is also due to the fact that a parent cannot cope with the challenging behaviour that the child is presenting, and if they refuse to go outside to do any sort of activity and would much rather sit at home watching television or playing video games, then the parent is more likely to give into them because they cannot deal with the added stress.

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If a woman develops preeclampsia during pregnancy, it can increase yours and your babies risk of developing serious complications as it grows older. It could potentially cause problems for your baby such as poor growth or effects of prematurity if the mother needs to deliver early due to the condition getting worse. If a baby is born premature, it could cause problems throughout their lives. This is because they are then more likely to have health problems and it could lead to long term intellectual and developmental issues due to their brain and the rest of the body being able to develop fully and naturally whilst still in the womb. These problems include physical development, learning, and communicating with others; these things are essential for a child to grow up with as part of their development, so that they can make friends and be as healthy and fit as possible. It can also cause problems with the babies’ lungs, such as giving them a higher risk of having asthma. This can then affect their physical development as they wouldn’t be able to do much due to them having breathing problems. Therefore, a child would have to ensure that they remain as healthy as possible within their diet to ensure that their body is as healthy as it can be.

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Preeclampsia is a condition that causes things like kidney damage and high blood pressure due to the blood vessels constricting. It only affects around five percent of pregnant women; however, it is potentially a life-threatening condition. “Preeclampsia most commonly develops during the last trimester, but it can happen at any time in the second half of pregnancy, during labour, or even up to six weeks after delivery,” (babycentre, 2016) and if this happens, it should be treated with as soon as possible as it could become severed quickly, leading to health problems for you and your baby. Preeclampsia is cause by a reduced amount of blood flow to the placenta, therefore, a woman who is obese during pregnancy is more likely to get it because of all the weight that puts pressure onto the placenta, meaning less blood would reach the placenta or flow through.

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Gestational diabetes can affect your pregnancy because it can cause your baby to grow larger than usual, which could cause problems when delivering the baby and for the baby in future life, as it may have a larger risk of health problems. It can cause polyhydramnios, which is when there is “too much amniotic fluid (the fluid that surrounds the baby) in the womb, which can cause premature labour or problems at delivery” (National Health service (a), 2016). Finally, it can also cause your baby to develop  yellowing of the skin and eyes or low blood sugar after it is born, which may have to lead to further treatment in hospital. This then overall effecting the child’s development because it puts their health at higher risk, and could cause them to be constantly ill, and if this happens they will be in and out of hospital. This would cause the child to not have the chance to socialise with friends and they may become very down and distressed because they are not having the same childhood as everyone else their age.

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Gestational diabetes is basically when the women has hyperglycaemia; which is high blood glucose levels during pregnancy. Between around 24 and 28 weeks of a women being pregnant but usually goes when the baby is born, however, the “women that develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy are more likely to develop type two diabetes later on in life” (diabetes.co.uk, 2017). Women who are obese during pregnancy are more likely to be at risk of getting gestational diabetes because it is cause when your body cannot produce enough insulin for both you and your baby, as it has to produce a lot more.

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When a woman is obese during pregnancy, it produces risks on both them and the baby. Some of the risks during pregnancy if a woman is obese are things like gestational diabetes and preeclampsia.

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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs first starts off with the basic needs, which are the basic things people need to survive, such as food and water. then there are the safety needs, which is the need to remain safe. after that is the social needs, which is when people try to seek out attachment, love and things like cuddles. then there are the esteem needs, which is all about becoming confident in themselves for example; "all people in our society have a need or desire for a stable, firmly based, high evaluation of themselves, for self-respect, or self-esteem, and for the esteem of others." (research history, 2012), at the top is self-actualisation, which is all about being the overall person that you want to be and meeting your goals in life. this associates with obesity because if a child is obese, then they may not get past the esteem section, because they may feel insecure about their weight and have very low self-esteem, therefore not meeting the self-actualisation stage and becoming who they really want to be in life.

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One of the problems that people blame obesity on could be the parents. This is because it is apparently their 'job' to ensure that the child stays fit and healthy. one theorist that supports this is the social learning theory from Bandura as he explains how children learn. Bandura showed "a social learning theory which suggests that observation, imitation, and modelling play a primary role in this process" (Cherry, 2017), clearly suggesting that Ione cause of obesity could be if a child is constantly watching their parents eat unhealthy foods and never exercise, then they could imitate that behaviour, and eat poorly, causing them to eventually become obese.

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This affects a Childs development because when a child is depressed, they tend to isolate themselves more, and could have suicidal thoughts. This overall affecting their mental stability as well as their emotional and social development, therefore not having the best childhood they possibly could.

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Obesity and mental illness link as one could be the cause of the other, for example; when a child is obese, they may become depressed because they cannot do the things their friends can do or they may feel insecure about their body.  however, depression could cause obesity, this is because when a person is depressed they may "comfort eat" meaning that they may chose food as it makes them feel better, then after a while they become depressed. "Recent studies have shown that many cases of obesity are the result of such mental illnesses as depression and anxiety" (clinical advisor, 2010), showing that a child who is obese, had a higher chance of having a mental illness than others

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Similar to the social development side, the child may have low body confidence due to them being overweight; but this doesn't just affect their social development. this affects their emotional development because their weight and social stigma may make them feel bad about themselves as "studies show that children as young as 6 years may associate negative stereotypes with excess weight" (healthychildren.org, 2015). all of this may affect a child emotionally as it could lead to further issues such as depression as a child may withdraw themselves due to them feeling lonely or as an outcast.

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Children who are obese tend to not want to socialise with others because of fears of being bullied, this could then affect their academic performance because they could refuse to go to school. Children can experience body confidence issues at a young age also, even though it is usually at the age of about 11 as this is when kids tend to start puberty and their bodies start to change. however, according to (Willgress, 2016), "children as young as three have body image issues and some four-year-olds know how to go on a diet" this showing that if a child was obese, then due to them lacking body confidence, they may not want to socialise, causing them to be isolated and have no friends.

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Obesity affects a Childs physical development because they are more likely to contract diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, “The Prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing and impacts on children’s chances of developing type 2 diabetes,” Danni et al (2005 cited in Albon and Mukherji p116). This showing that more and more children are getting obese and making the risk of diabetes even higher, which then decreases their health and limits them to physical activities. It also affects them because they wouldn't be able to take part in as many activities as other children due to them getting out of breath easily; meaning they would struggle doing physical activities and their physical state will deteriorate.

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In the UK, obesity is a common problem that affects around one in every four adults and one in every five children. "The term 'obese' describes a person who is very overweight, with a lot of body fat" (National Health Service (b), 2016), this meaning that for you to be obese, you must be carrying a lot of body fat for someone of your age and height. The situation is made worse by the economic costs. This is because the NHS spends more around obesity each year than they do on things like the police or fire service. "It was estimated that the NHS in England spent £5.1 billion on overweight and obesity-related ill-health in 2014/2015 (Department of Health, 2017) showing how much a big problem obesity is on the UK, and that this money could be going on things to help children, such as better school activities and programmes to help them remain fit and active.