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Hi, my name is Sara Cruz and my presentation is on socioeconomic status and obesity.

So the main problem we see is that there's an increase

of prevalence of obesity um depending on your socioeconomic status.

So lower status is often have an increase in obesity

and this could be costly for people with low incomes.

Um It could lead to major health issues and several mental disorders for people.

So what exactly is your socioeconomic status

and how does it affect you?

Your socioeconomic status is basically made up of several factors of your life,

such as your income, your educational level, your culture, occupation,

the neighborhood or community that you live in.

Um And your consider your race

and it can affect your lifestyle in several ways.

Or it can be affected by your lifestyle in several ways.

So higher education's um equate to like a bachelor's or more often

lead to higher paying jobs and thus a higher socioeconomic status is um

families or Children that come from high income or high socioeconomic status.

Families or parents

often have better quality education and those adolescents often

find a better environment for better future to live in

um

according to the american psychological association.

Another thing to note is that often people

with higher socioeconomic statuses for higher incomes often

have better health in comparison to their lower

income counterparts that often have several health risks.

So

now we can move on to obesity and then how it all correlates together.

So obesity can be affected by several things, such as your genetics, like gender,

your sleep, your diet, your workplace, etcetera.

Um but one of the major things that it

could be affected by is your social economic status.

And we'll go into that later on.

Um, it could be a costly disease as it can lead to diabetes, stroke cancer, etcetera.

And oftentimes people with obesity have a higher risk of developing depression.

A study stated that 55% of people with

obesity are more likely to develop depression.

So we can go down to the statistics of how

is this all involved and how it's all affected.

So, um, in a study done over counties,

Counties with 35% of poverty or more

experienced higher rates of obesity.

And this is due to dangerous neighborhoods. Um,

the lack of supermarkets, nearby, insufficient resources

for poor education. Um, and health programs surrounding those neighborhoods

and oftentimes, um,

families often resort to cheaper fast foods or cheaper

foods as it seems more approachable to them.

And another thing that contributes is a person's ethnicity.

So oftentimes,

people of hispanic descent often have low

income educations as well as african americans.

And this often leads to them being one of

the highest dropout rates in comparison to the other counterparts

and around 30% obtained their bachelor's degrees as well as african americans,

only about 30% more obtained their bachelor's and compare percent to asians.

Um,

They often have 70% which obtained their bachelor's degrees or higher

For African Americans and employment rates double

with 12 points

.4% of recent graduates being unemployed

and that leads to lower paying jobs, low income educations, etcetera.

Mm hmm.

So how does culture play a part of this?

So oftentimes african american and Latinos will most likely become obese

due to increase the consumption of sweets in their household.

Um,

they were also more likely to be pressured into dropping

out by obtaining the job quicker or finding um,

income for their families

Alongside that many cultures believe that obesity or bigger Children um,

equates to being well fed or being healthy.

So

how does gender play a role in this as well?

So

in comparison to men, women are more drastically affected by socioeconomic status

and the prevalence of obesity?

Women with higher incomes. Um about 29.7% become Obese versus lower incomes.

Where a 45.2% are obese and you can see the drastic gap.

Well, in comparison to mail and their male counterparts,

um,

men with

Higher incomes have a 31.5% chance of being obese.

Um, while lower incomes have a 38.5% chance. So that's only like a 7% 7% difference.

So it's not very noticeable. Um, in men.

Mm hmm

and income and power plays a role as well as when a quote that states when

incomes dropped and family budgets drink food choices

shift towards cheaper but more energy dense food.

And we can often see that with low income neighborhoods, um,

70% of african american slash latino neighborhoods,

black supermarkets in comparison to high income neighborhoods,

so it's more difficult for them to receive any of that.

It's costly to receive medication and increased

resources only come with high socioeconomic status is

so now that we know the problem,

low socioeconomic status is equals problems and obesity.

We can find a solution that's easy to approach.

So we can include mandatory health programs

for both the Children and their parents,

something that's easier for them to approach in education or in school.

Um, rather than doing it all on their shoulders or by themselves

closer supermarkets, um, in low income neighborhoods as well.

Um,

making it easier for parents to go find more nutritional food as

well as not to have to venture too far in dangerous areas.

And lastly, educational programs for parents

in order to be educated on obesity as well as how to prevent it.

After all, prevention is much more easier than actually happening to

focus on the aftermath, so it's better to prevent.

And these are my references.

Thank you have a great

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