Indigenous Eating Disorders
Introduction
Globally, obesity is a big health problem that not only results from poor food choices but also from eating disorders. For a very long time, the world’s Indigenous communities have been forgotten in the fight against obesity thus increasing its prevalence amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. For this group of people, obesity comes with so many burdens poor eating habits inclusive, which not only places financial constraints on them, but also contributes to the health gap that exists between the Indigenous and the Non-Indigenous women. It is for that reason that this particular research will focus on eating disorders as a main cause, and establish its relation to obesity among Indigenous women.
Background
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Research question
The questions below will form part of the semi-structured questionnaire that this paper will focus on;
1. How often did the participants eat in a day?
2. What patterns of overeating do the participant experience?
Research design
The researcher will use a descriptive design where while focusing on generating characteristic of the problem to understand. Under this design, the measurements, classification, analysis, comparison and a thorough interpretation of the data will be shown.
Setting and …show more content…
It will use tools like semi-structured interviews as they are explicitly useful in the collection of first-hand information and then semi-structured questionnaires for all participants (Gioia, Corley, & Hamilton, 2013; Jirojwong, Johnson & Welch, 2014; Mazaheri et al., 2013; Palinkas, Horwitz, Green, Wisdom, & Hoagwood, 2015). All participants will on a personal basis be asked four questions in either English or in their local language regarding eating habits to avoid duplication and peer pressure from others (Nahum-Shani et al., 2012). Weight and height of all participants will be taken to determine their body mass index. The same will also apply to the interview questions which will specifically base on how frequent the participants eat in a day. Even though (Hay & Carriage, 2012) used the same questionnaire approach, this study will only focus on responses like; not at all, less than daily, once a day and two or more times a
Globally, obesity is a big health problem that not only results from poor food choices but also from eating disorders. For a very long time, the world’s Indigenous communities have been forgotten in the fight against obesity thus increasing its prevalence amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. For this group of people, obesity comes with so many burdens poor eating habits inclusive, which not only places financial constraints on them, but also contributes to the health gap that exists between the Indigenous and the Non-Indigenous women. It is for that reason that this particular research will focus on eating disorders as a main cause, and establish its relation to obesity among Indigenous women.
Background
According …show more content…
Research question
The questions below will form part of the semi-structured questionnaire that this paper will focus on;
1. How often did the participants eat in a day?
2. What patterns of overeating do the participant experience?
Research design
The researcher will use a descriptive design where while focusing on generating characteristic of the problem to understand. Under this design, the measurements, classification, analysis, comparison and a thorough interpretation of the data will be shown.
Setting and …show more content…
It will use tools like semi-structured interviews as they are explicitly useful in the collection of first-hand information and then semi-structured questionnaires for all participants (Gioia, Corley, & Hamilton, 2013; Jirojwong, Johnson & Welch, 2014; Mazaheri et al., 2013; Palinkas, Horwitz, Green, Wisdom, & Hoagwood, 2015). All participants will on a personal basis be asked four questions in either English or in their local language regarding eating habits to avoid duplication and peer pressure from others (Nahum-Shani et al., 2012). Weight and height of all participants will be taken to determine their body mass index. The same will also apply to the interview questions which will specifically base on how frequent the participants eat in a day. Even though (Hay & Carriage, 2012) used the same questionnaire approach, this study will only focus on responses like; not at all, less than daily, once a day and two or more times a