Open AccessPsychological issues in pediatric obesity
Author(s) -
Gurvinder Kalra,
Avinash De Sousa,
Sushma Sonavane,
Nilesh Shah
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.110941
Subject(s) - obesity , perspective (graphical) , child obesity , psychology , developmental psychology , harmony (color) , child development , medicine , childhood obesity , clinical psychology , overweight , pathology , art , artificial intelligence , computer science , visual arts
Pediatric obesity is a major health problem and has reached epidemiological proportions today. The present paper reviews major psychological issues in pediatric obesity from a developmental perspective. Research and literature has shown that a number of developmental, family, maternal and child factors are responsible in the genesis of pediatric obesity. Family food habits, early developmental lifestyle of the child, parenting, early family relationships and harmony all contribute towards the growth and development of a child. The present review focuses on the role of developmental psychological factors in the pathogenesis of pediatric obesity and highlights the developmental factors that must be kept in mind when evaluating a case of pediatric obesity.