Psychological Obesity in Children

Manuel De Jesus Mrs Wisniewski English 101 4/26/12 Psychological Obesity in Children What I already knew/What I wanted to know I never liked to go to the doctor, when I was a child. I always heard these dreadful words "Manuel can step up to the scale please?" my physician informed me. It always affected me and other kids mentally that knew they were obese. There were many questions going through my head, while I listened to Dr Stoner explaining my serious condition. What triggered my obesity? How does bullying get involved with people's obesity problems? Can people who are obese ever be able to maintain their original weight again? If so how? I already knew that obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, which may because shorten life expectancy and/or increased health problems. I knew that there were many signs that helped recognize obesity in a person. Obesity shows signs such as shortness of breath, lack of daily activities, tiredness, sleepiness, and increase in appetite. I need to know what triggers obesity psychologically. Can losing a family relative or beloved pet be linked to many children's obesity problems? If a child is stressed from school due to a lot of class work and the social life from other classmates has a chance to lead to obesity? Can obesity be spread to other children psychologically? These are the questions I need to know. In this list of questions I was able to from my research question: What are some of the emotional or psychological triggers that leads to obesity in people? was able to from my research question The Story of My Search My search took about a month. I began my research by reading newspapers and magazines on stories of overweight children. Reading on how their problems started and I look for anything in the story that triggers their obesity problems. Afterwards I looked at a website called PsychologyToday.com that provided me the basic information of obesity, and also giving me statistics of children that are obese in America. The certain health risks of becoming obese, such as hypertension, stroke, heart disease, and other conditions. The website also tells me the symptoms, causes and the treatment. Most of the information was supported by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Center of Disease Control, National Heart and Lung Institute and many more. Later, I went to the Google search engine and typed factors of psychological obesity. There were many sites that I could choose from and I choose JLGH( The Journal of Lancaster General Hospital) website. The information was only three years old (winter of 2009) but it was well organized. It gave me facts and details that provided me with some related answers to my research question. It also had many references in the reading. In the reading by Jennifer C. Collins and Jon E, Benz (who are Neuropsychology specialist) wrote in the article that Obesity is a psychological problem than it is physical. I completely agree with that statement from their point of view. They also wrote the psychological sequelae of obesity. Sequelae is an abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease. They explain in good detail that the people always try to lose weight no matter what. Obese individuals always make an effort but always with little or no success. They go on to say that the fail attempts results in discouragement, frustration, hopelessness about the prospect of losing weight in the future of their own. In my opinion having this feeling can make obesity much worse with the symptoms happening more often than usual. The Search Results According to the information in the Psychology Today article over 97 million people are overweight and obese. The result of suffering obesity can lead you the risk of death from heart attacks, strokes coronary heart disease, gall bladder disease, sleep apnea and respiratory problems. Obesity has also reached epidemic proportions, from 1991 to 2012 the rates of obesity have gone up 12 to 20 percent of the population. It has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. 16 percent of children in the U.S are considered overweight. Ultimately from weeks of researching, I found that people can manage the psychological effects of obesity by following their personal psychology doctor, by avoiding being bullied, and exercising on a daily basis. Numerous things can happen to a person in their daily lives that can trigger obesity. I suggest people to go and visit a psychologist so that they may help you or friend's problem. A psychologist is a person who helps other people with serious mental disorders and other problems. They can help people have a healthy, meaningful, and spiritual life. They can help people who