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Psychological issues in pediatric obesity

Author(s) -

Avinash De Sousa,

Gurvinder Kalra,

Sushma Sonavane,

Nilesh Shah

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

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.

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