WGU VPT2 Task 2
A. Summary of Situation
The situation that will be evaluated in this analysis will be; is there a region of the United States in which childhood obesity tends to be more prominent? This will be done to show areas in which the Government, insurance companies and healthcare institutions should focus campaigns for healthy living to reduce future healthcare cost. The data that will be utilized to answer this business question will be the percent of children ages ten to seventeen that are overweight or obese in each of the fifty states. The states will then be categorized into their respective regions of East, South, Midwest, and West. It is important to look into the regions to see if there is a trend of obesity within a region, as this region should be the focal point of Government, insurance companies, and healthcare institutions to launch a healthy living campaign. Conducting such campaigns in a region of most need will in the long run, reduce healthcare cost because children will mature into health conscious individual with less preventable diseases.
B1. Summary of Data
Again the data that will be used in this analysis is the percentage of children ten to seventeen of which are overweight of obese in each of the fifty States and the District of Columbia. The States will then be put into regions to identify a region that shows more overweight or obese children. The data for this analysis will come from “The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2015).”In order to compare information their must be baseline in which to compare the date to. For this analysis the base line will be the average percentage of children overweight or obese for the entire United State; the average is 31.3 percent. Anything over this average can be attributed with raising the average and therefor in need of correction. For this analysis however the States will be put into regions and the regions will be compared to locate a trend of obesity by region of the
The situation that will be evaluated in this analysis will be; is there a region of the United States in which childhood obesity tends to be more prominent? This will be done to show areas in which the Government, insurance companies and healthcare institutions should focus campaigns for healthy living to reduce future healthcare cost. The data that will be utilized to answer this business question will be the percent of children ages ten to seventeen that are overweight or obese in each of the fifty states. The states will then be categorized into their respective regions of East, South, Midwest, and West. It is important to look into the regions to see if there is a trend of obesity within a region, as this region should be the focal point of Government, insurance companies, and healthcare institutions to launch a healthy living campaign. Conducting such campaigns in a region of most need will in the long run, reduce healthcare cost because children will mature into health conscious individual with less preventable diseases.
B1. Summary of Data
Again the data that will be used in this analysis is the percentage of children ten to seventeen of which are overweight of obese in each of the fifty States and the District of Columbia. The States will then be put into regions to identify a region that shows more overweight or obese children. The data for this analysis will come from “The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2015).”In order to compare information their must be baseline in which to compare the date to. For this analysis the base line will be the average percentage of children overweight or obese for the entire United State; the average is 31.3 percent. Anything over this average can be attributed with raising the average and therefor in need of correction. For this analysis however the States will be put into regions and the regions will be compared to locate a trend of obesity by region of the
Bibliography: BMJ-British Medical Journal. (2012, September 25). "Future health risks for obese children may be greater than previously thought.". Retrieved May 12, 2015, from ScienceDaily: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120925183624.htm Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2015). Percent of Children (ages 10-17) who are Overweight or Obese. Retrieved May 10, 2015, from http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/overweightobese-children/#