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E-Articles - Public Policies In Childhood Obesity
One of the more disturbing trends in today’s society is that of childhood obesity. It has become an epidemic around the United States in the last two decades. Since the 1970s, there h
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
as been an alarming growth in the statistics of children and young adults who are considered to be obese. It is estimated today that nearly fifteen percent of all children living in o
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
ur society are at least overweight, if not obese. While it is easy to diagnose obesity, it is not a condition that is very easy to treat. If an overweight child is not able to curb he
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
r eating habits and adapt to regular cycles of exercise, it is likely that she will grow in to an obese adult. The fact is, thirty percent of obese adults were obese children. Deaths
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
related to obesity causes number in six digit figures annually, and society is forced to spend nearly $100 billion each year in taxes related to obesity problems.
Recently, a study w
Recently, a study w
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
as undergone to determine what was considered a normal and healthy weight for children in different societies. The study took place in CNMI, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana I
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
slands. This chain of fourteen islands is a United States jurisdiction. It is situated between the international date line and the Philippines. CNMI boasts high rates of obesity as we
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
ll as a stable population that is multicultural. The CNMI culture is a care giving one, a trait that has been thought to influence the way children are fed and their subsequent weight
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
.
In early 2002, four focus groups comprised of thirty two main care givers of children ranging in age from six to ten were interviewed and investigated. The subjects dealt with rela
In early 2002, four focus groups comprised of thirty two main care givers of children ranging in age from six to ten were interviewed and investigated. The subjects dealt with rela
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
ted to food preferences, perceptions of weight normalcy, care giving practices related to obesity in children, physical activity and inactivity, etc.
This study revealed conflicts be
This study revealed conflicts be
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
tween traditional dietary practices and beliefs, knowledge of disease as it relates to food, expectations of the family, and the values of society at large. Mothers especially seemed
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
to experience unease when it came to evaluating their child feeding practices in comparison to cultural values regarding the nature of food. When it comes to weight in their children,
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
the parents maintained that genetics, metabolism, physiology, intake of food, and level of physical activity all have to be factored in. There were major cultural differences that ar
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
ose between two different ethnic groups, namely the Filipinos and the Micronesians. For the former, being obese is more of a stigma, while the latter associate thinness with disease a
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
nd illness and find it less desirable. Micronesians further have it that, traditionally, food is associated with care, love, and generosity. As a result, more and more Micronesians ha
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
ve become afflicted with type 2 diabetes. So their attitude towards food is slowly starting to change, but what has thus happened is that there is now a major conflict between their d
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
eeply engrained tradition and the newly emergent issues of disease and diet.
In the year 2001 in the United States, the Surgeon General released a report outlining the crisis of obes
In the year 2001 in the United States, the Surgeon General released a report outlining the crisis of obes
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
ity that the country had fallen into. The point of the report was to generate steps towards taking care of this health problem, which has reached epidemic proportions. The following y
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
ear, the IOM (Institute of Medicine) was called upon to draw up a prevention plan to help decrease the rising numbers of obese and overweight children in the United States. The idea w
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
as to study the behavior and cultural and environmental factors that contribute to childhood obesity while trying to find ways of preventing this from occurring on such a large scale.
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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