Childhood overweight and obesity, a multifactorial perspective

Abstract

Childhood obesity, in this decade, is a growing problem that impacts on many areas of children's lives, including psychosocial well-being. For a long time, the problem was only analyzed from a medical point of view, which caused aspects of psychological and psychic health and interpersonal relationships, in particular, to be overlooked. The stigmatization and prejudices established in our society lead children with overweight or obesity to feel discrimination in the family, school and health environments, through the media or others, which can give rise to psychological problems, such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and quality of life or eating disorders. With the aim of identifying the main psychological alterations associated with childhood obesity, this article reviews the psychological alterations associated with childhood obesity, considering that, to prevent and reduce the prevalence and incidence of overweight and obesity in order to ensure an adequate state of health in the pediatric population, it is necessary to promote healthy environments where multidisciplinary collaboration.