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The GP plays an important role in providing primary healthcare to patients. It focuses on the health ethics of society in practice and also on the legislation that becomes the structure of practice.Health and SocietyLooking at Anne's case from a lifespan perspective, she and her children have a low life expectancy. The lifespan perspective is the period from conception to death. It varies from person to person and is reinforced by medical recognition and health. Health and life expectancy are directly proportional. Anne and her children may face a low life expectancy due to some factors that can be addressed such as social determinants that have caused a decrease in their health and well-being. One of the factors is most likely their living conditions. They currently live in a residential complex in the municipality. These homes are intended for low-income people who cannot afford to own a home. (Citizensinformation.ie, 2014). In this living area it is easy for them to have access to unhealthy food and in addition to that the cost of healthy food may not be within their reach. Besides that, the living area may not have a suitable place for outdoor exercises and the gym is not accessible to them due to their financial circumstances. This may be why Anne did not follow any of the advice given. Living in such conditions, what makes the situation worse is that Anne does not move away from the disadvantaged area of ​​the city center where she grew up. Anne does not expand her community network and continues to socialize in the same social community. The people living around her are experiencing much the same problem as her, so she cannot rely solely on them to provide her support system. She's a... middle of paper... does severe childhood obesity become a child protection issue? | Medical Journal of Australia. [online] Available at: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2009/190/3/when-does-severe-childhood-obesity-become-child-protection-issue [Accessed: 12 January 2014 ] .Ombudsman. 2012. Report to the Oireachtas on the Thirty-first Amendment to the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012. [report] http://www.oco.ie/, pp. 16-17.Spicker, P. 2014. Housing and Urban Politics. [online] Available at: http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/housing.htm [Accessed: 15 January 2014].Wang, F., wild, TC, KIPP, W., Kuhle, S and Veugelers, PJ, 2009. The influence of childhood obesity on the development of self-esteem. Health reports / Statistics Canada, Canadian Center for Health Information = Rapports sur la santé / Statistique Canada, Center canadien d'information sur la santé, 20(2), pp. 21-27.