Psychological Directions in Understanding and Providing Therapeutic Support in Child Obesity

The paper analyses implications of overweight and obesity over the psychological picture of children at the age of preadolescence. Child obesity and overweight represent a major health issue in today's society with complex implications on medical, social and psychological perspectives. The stud...

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Published inProcedia, social and behavioral sciences Vol. 187; pp. 56 - 61
Main Authors Rascanu, Ruxandra, Udrea, Oana-Maria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 13.05.2015
Subjects
body image
emotional eating
obesity
preadolescence
preadolescence
body image
emotional eating
obesity
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Summary:The paper analyses implications of overweight and obesity over the psychological picture of children at the age of preadolescence. Child obesity and overweight represent a major health issue in today's society with complex implications on medical, social and psychological perspectives. The study included 52 children aged 9-14, with average age 11.92, SD=1.497, Body Mass Index ≥ 95 percentiles, corresponding to obesity. It is pointed out the presence of boy image dissatisfaction, relational-adaptive difficulties, depressive vulnerability, and emotional eating behavior providing arguments in favor of the necessity of therapeutic intervention aimed to the psychological needs of obese children.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.03.011