Psychological Impact Of Obesity August 31, 2010 at 1:33 pm

Obesity is a health problem, but it also brings various mental disorders, ranging from social rejection to anxiety and severe depression. People with obesity and overweight are often critical, negative comments are the butt of jokes and jokes, and are victims of discrimination. All these experiences have an important role as they undermine people’s self-esteem and can be a determining factor in body image problems. The problem is that the person must adapt, and brings a number of physical limitations and psychological problems, without ignoring the weight has on society, as most things are made for thin people. It was found that low self-esteem is associated with increased weight and obese people tend to have a more dependent personality.

We also know that when people start early to be obese, have more difficulty adhering to treatment and psychological or medical, and people who start with this problem in adulthood, usually seek social support and help to achieve both physical and psychological wellbeing. The early onset of obesity may influence body image that the person has of herself, resulting in low self-esteem and promotes social avoidance behavior. As a result, there is a deficit in interpersonal relationships and life satisfaction level of the individual. Obese people are at greater risk of a poor quality of life, as to the everyday involves greater difficulty for them: is the influence of the media that highlight the thinness, going to buy clothes and find no size necessary, dining becomes a shameful thing, take a vacation in public places, unsatisfactory interpersonal relationships, to enjoy leisure activities, etc. With regard to health, is also affected, and the quality of life decreases due to the limitations, conditions and diseases that obesity brings. Some people tend to be more introverted, to feel shame and guilt for not being thin, they may experience rejection by society, and sometimes of his own family, there are feelings of sadness and disabilities, feel that the world was not made for people of his stature. Sometimes there is also denial of their own problem, which makes it difficult to accept and adhere to a beneficial treatment for them. It becomes a vicious circle where obesity causes depression and depression makes them eat more than they should.

Of all the emotional consequences and problems associated with obesity, the result of decreased quality of life, one could say that depression and / or anxiety are more common, and must create an effective program to combat them, and so avoid These encourage a greater weight gain. These problems are much more common than you think, and obesity is a condition that should be treated with a team of people specialized in different areas: doctors, psychologists, nutritionists, etc. In bye-obesity we have the appropriate equipment to help you solve your problem, and thereby achieve a better quality of life. Greetings Ana Guillen Ana Isabel Isable a degree in Psychology degree from the Escuela Libre de Psicologia AC, a specialist in the treatment of eating disorders and psychological treatment of patients with obesity.

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