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Obesity & psychological problems
For many overweight children and teens, their physical health and well-being is the least of their problems. Much more relevant is the teasing, taunting and poor treatment they receive from other children at school and in the community. And for many, it’s not only how others think of them, but how they think of themselves. A sizable percentage of overweight kids – particularly girls – are clinically depressed as a result of a preoccupation with being overweight.
The evidence on the psychological consequences of obesity for kids is piling up. A recent survey reveals that obese children rate their quality of life as low as those of young cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Other studies are reporting increased rates of depression, low self-esteem and social isolation, which are then manifest in significant behavioral problems. As these children grow up, they are less likely to be accepted into college, less likely to get married, and more likely to occupy a lower socioeconomic status.
It might be true that overweight kids have always been hard on themselves, and have always been mistreated. But a 2001 study by Latner and Stunkard demonstrates that the situation has gotten worse. The study replicated a 1961 study of stigma in childhood obesity that asked children to rank six drawings of same-sex children with obesity, various disabilities, or no disability (“healthy”) in order of how well they liked each child. The results were fascinating but sad. Although children in both the 1961 and 2001 studies liked the drawing of the obese child the least (i.e., less than the other disabilities), the obese child was liked significantly less in the 2001 study than in the 1961 study.
Being overweight can not only lead to cardiovascular, orthopaedic, gastrointestinal, respiratory, hormonal, neurological, and metabolic diseases such as diabetes, it can also manifest itself through psychological difficulties, which may require the assistance of a trained professional.
Some residential weight-loss programs for kids combine the psychological therapy with behavior change therapy to improve self-esteem as well as physical health. If your child or a child you know is suffering in some of the ways described above, you may want to consider or suggest a residential weight-loss program.
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Psychological Impact of Obesity on School-aged Children - The following review summarizes the psychological impact of childhood obesity. Psychological Consequences of Growing Up Overweight - The Psychological Consequences of Obesity in Children and Teens Weight Control and Obesity - What are the risks associated with obesity? What can I do about my weight? How effective are weight loss treatments? Changing eating behaviors, Challenging cognitions, or the psychological patterns and dysfunctional thinking that gets in the way of healthy eating, Long-term maintenance of weight loss, What about Atkins, South Beach, etc?, What next? Obesity - What is obesity? How common is obesity? What are the serious obesity-related diseases? What causes obesity? When is obesity dangerous? How is obesity treated? When is medical treatment necessary? How to maintain your weight after weight loss? Which medicines may be used for medical treatment? Obesity and overweight - Obesity and overweight are serious problems that pose a huge and growing financial burden on national resources. However, the conditions are largely preventable through sensible lifestyle changes Obesity and overweight - Obesity in Child Can Cause Physical and Psychological Problems. Childhood Obesity and Depression – Morbid Obesity - Causes of morbid obesity, genetic factors, environmental factors, and psychological factors, other causes of obesity obesity problems and health risks, coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure.
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