• I also learned about my peers and teacher. Some interesting things I shared include that I swim for a club and enjoy listening to music.

• My term goals for this course are to develop further leadership skills and improve my group communication as well as collaborate with a variety of new people I have not had to chance or privilege to work with thus far.

After contemplating many ideas, we decided it would be more fun if we did a topic and idea that we were all passionate about, so we picked physical activity in teens. Did you know? More than 20% of Australian Teens are not getting the recommended amount of physical activity per week. This may be due to a lack of motivation or not knowing what to do to stay active. From our research, we concluded that people who are not active often lack motivation and knowledge, we then decided to make a website with free activities and challenges that would allow users to feel accomplished when completing our tasks. This would be beneficial as it is a free site that can give motivation and tips for people who are trying to improve themselves. Adding a leaderboard would also add to the competitive fire. Furthermore, with our free sign-up, it is very hard to turn down such an amazing way to get back into shape and get fit.

We started brainstorming with other peers, as we were going to first create a physical product but found out that it would not be very practical, so instead we decided to create a website so that everyone can access it for free and there is no financial investment required to start it. A challenge met was the lack of people in our group who were present. We had to substitute roles and also had to voice over rather than film due to the lack of people in our group. Overall, we got the video done at the end.

Finally, we met on Wednesday and filmed the advert to advertise the website to everyone. Overall, our group bonded well, learning from mistakes and picking up on ideas as we progressed through this assignment. In conclusion, this summative task helped us build character, communication and critical and creative thinking as we all came up with different intuitive ideas that could solve our problems and communicated effectively to come up with the best possible solutions.

Some feedback we got from peers included: Adding a person being interviewed about fitness instead of having a black screen with online images and another classmate sad that the video content was good but just lacked creative insight and should have utilised our group members to cover the black spaces in the video.

This interview with Joseph showed a lot about his character. He is a chill fun guy, who likes his classmates and classes and enjoys the freedom of lunchtime. Some problems that he faces include not being able to stay organised through his rough and tight schedule. Further, he thinks that lunch is not long enough to help with his organisational skills as well as his social skills. This means that he wanted me to improve this aspect of school. He wanted a longer lunch to pursue his hobbies of soccer and chilling with friends. In his spare time, he likes to play games.

 I saw that my subject had little time during lunch to organise and socialise with friends, and he also stated that he did not have enough time to go from class to class. This led me to sketch some ideas and plan some thoughts that can help improve his experience. 

Some ideas that I came up with include: 

From this mindmap, we saw that Joseph was restricted to a very short lunch due to his tight schedule. He had constraints of not having the power to change his problems, which led to it influencing his organisation and social skills. After we finished adding to the empathy map, we did gallery walks, adding notes to each other's ideas and once we returned, we saw some insightful ideas, and then implemented some into the mindmap. One idea that stood out was to try to extend the lunch period or give a longer time to get from lunch to the next lesson. Other notes include assisting with my problems and some less valuable insights. 

During the next lesson, we had to draw each other's solutions, where I drew the extended lunch period and also let us have longer to get from lunch to lesson. This was because if this was possible, this idea would be the most practical and simple solution to solve many of Joseph’s current problems revolving around his tight schedule and lack of time to socialise. 

After this, we had to include a new member in the group, which led to us having an extra problem to draw about. 

Prevalence of Childhood and Teen Obesity

• Around 1 in 4 (25%) Australian children and adolescents (aged 5-17) are classified as overweight or obese.

• Obesity rates are higher among boys (28%) compared to girls (22%).

• Rates of childhood obesity have increased significantly over the last few decades, mirroring global trends.

• Children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to be affected.

Causes of Obesity in Children and Teens

1. Unhealthy Diets

   • Increased consumption of fast food, sugary drinks, and processed snacks.

   • Low intake of fruits, vegetables, and whole foods.

   • Portion sizes have increased, leading to higher calorie intake.

2. Lack of Physical Activity

   • More screen time (TV, gaming, smartphones, and social media) leads to less active play.

   • A decline in outdoor activities and organized sports participation.

   • Reduced physical education in schools and fewer safe spaces for play.