A COMPARATIVE CRITIQUE BETWEEN QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE STUDIES ONOBESITY AMONG LIBYAN ADULTS LJMU-7505-PUBUNI-34092

INTRODUCTION

An analysis of two subjects is done in a compare and contrast essay by either comparing, contrasting, or both of those methods. A comparison contrastessay's objective is not to state the obvious, but rather toilluminatesubtle differences or unpredictable similarities between the two subjects.(Tony Miller, 2022).The Public Health topic that has been selected is comparison of two research papers which are “ Obesity among Libyan adults and public perspective on Covid -19 Vaccination in South Asia (India and Bangladesh).Research encourages people to explore possibilities , to understand existing disorders and to disclose facts .Healthy living would be difficult to achieve if it was not for research methods.Research can be done more easily as a result of the pursuit of new knowledge and effective learning through reading, writing, watching, analyzing, and communicating with others(Varshil Mehta,Charvi Chug, Arshi Perwez3,2017). BACKGROUND In accordance with Vaamonde and Alvarez-Món (2020), the World Health Organization (WHO) defines obesity as "the abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that offer a risk to health." [Type text]

Statistics show that the prevalence of obesity has increased thrice in the past forty years, and there has been a significant global upsurge in this problem. Initially, obesity was just a problem in rich nations, but in recent years, incidences in low- and middle-income nations have increased dramatically (LMIC). More people die from obesity than from underweight around the world, and in 2019 alone, 5.01 million people died from obesity, making it the fifth greatest cause of death overall (Elflein, 2022). . Obesity or getting fat per say is one ofthe key causation of numerous non communicable diseases (NCDs),diseases that are lethal and non-fatal.Obesity also causes adult impairment and untimely death.Nearly two billion adults worldwide were overweight as of 2018, with over 700 million of them being clinically obese, according to the WHO (2018). The prevalence of obesity has increased to almost triple since 1975. The World Obesity Day was created and inaugurated in Latin America in 19998 as a result of the major repercussions that obesity has on both individuals and societies globally as a growing public health concern.There are few researches about the prevalence of obesity in adults in Arab nations in the North African region, especially in Libya, a vast body of literature has shown. ( A.O. Musaiger, 2011). Libya has seen significant social, economic, and political changes since the discovery of oil in 1959, including noticeable changes in nutrition and physical activity habits.(H.Lemamsha,G.Randhawa, C Papadoloulos, 15.07.2019).Because it affects so many people between the ages of 20 and 74 in Libya, obesity has become a serious issue. Between 1984 and 2009, the prevalence of obesity more than doubled, rising from 12.5% to 31%. The direct expenditures directly related to the cost spent in connection with the treatment of obesity-related co-morbidities in Libya in 2012 were estimated to be around 1 billion Libyan Dinar per annum (aboutBecause it affects so many people between