Mental Health, Wellness, and Childhood Overweight/Obesity

Abstract

Childhood obesity is a growing concern, and while progress has been made to understand the association between multiple biological factors (i.e., genetics, nutrition, exercise etc.), little is known about the relationship between mental health and childhood obesity. In this paper, we offer a review of current evidence about the association between mental health and childhood obesity. A systematic literature search of peer-reviewed, English-language studies published between January 2000 and January 2011 was undertaken and resulted in 759 unique records, of which 345 full-text articles were retrieved and 131 articles were included. A theoretical model is proposed to organize the paper and reflect the current state of the literature and includes psychological factors (i.e., depression and anxiety, self-esteem, body dissatisfaction, eating disordered symptoms, and emotional problems); psychosocial mediating variables (i.e., weight-based teasing and concern about weight and shape), and wellness factors (i.e., quality of life and resiliency/protective factors). We conclude with a number of recommendations to support the creation of solutions to the rise in childhood obesity rates that do not further marginalize overweight and obese children and youth and that can potentially improve the well-being of all children and youth regardless of their weight status.

Eating Behaviors, Weight Bias, and Psychological Functioning in Multi-ethnic Low-income Adolescents

“…Eating behavior groups: 1 = no diagnosis; 2 = nonclinical binging includes episodic overeating, binge eating, and binge eating syndrome; 3 = eating disorder includes binge eating disorder and bulimia. ideation (Russell-Mayhew, McVey, Bardick, & Ireland, 2012;Taylor, 2011). This finding is supportive of the data that shows that eating can be used as a coping mechanism to counter the effects of distress experienced from WB (Hübner et al, 2016;Puhl et al, 2017;Puhl & Brownell, 2006).…”

Energy imbalance and psychosocial imbalance in the construction of child obesity in a marginalized area of Mexico City

“…We trust that our findings are a starting point to approach child obesity and avoid previously ignored obstacles. The concept of energy imbalance is present as a basic biological element of obesity, but its descriptive capability is very limited (Russell-Mayhew et al, 2012). It could be said that, combining nutrition and physical activity in that equation, incorporates behaviour and social environment in a more interdisciplinary approach to obesity (Kremers et al, 2006).…”

“…We trust that this information will help us rethink the nature, content, and instrumentality of health interventions in order to prevent and fight obesity (Elder et al, 2010). We also want to include in our understanding of the problem its prevention and treatment; the daily life of the community, school, and family, the resources of the latter and its interaction with the surrounding environment (Russell-Mayhew, McVey, Bardick & Ireland, 2012).…”

Was sind die Einflussfaktoren kindlicher Adipositas?

“…[39,[46][47][48][49]. Des Weiteren ist auffälliges Essverhalten wie "emotional eating" oder "binge eating" mit Adipositas im Kindesalter assoziiert [50,51]. …”