Physical Health

Physical health is a very popular choice to complete a dissertation on and could lead to a very fascinating investigation. Why not take a look at some of our suggestions which may help you decide on your topic:

Example physical health dissertation topic 1:

The fat tax: A discriminatory measure upon the vulnerable?

David Cameron’s consideration of a ‘fat tax’, in line with those introduced by countries such as Denmark and Hungary, raised community awareness of the obesity epidemic. This dissertation examines the efficacy of the application of higher taxes on foods deemed ‘unhealthy’ and conducts a wide review of the literature currently available for measures such as this. The study considers whether the tax is an appropriate compensation for the taxpayer in light of the additional costs placed upon the NHS because of increased strains caused by obesity, or whether a fat tax would merely inflict greater suffering on those sectors of the community struggling not only with their own health issues but with wider socio-economic matters.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Donahue, T. (2005) ‘Obesity: Your problem or mine?: Using a fatty food tax to fight the obesity epidemic’. BA thesis, University of Oregon.
• Mytton, O., Gray, A., Rayner, M. and Rutter, H. (2007) ‘Could targeted food taxes improve health?’ Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol. 61, pp. 689-694.