Childhood Obesity Affects Emotions and Behavior
Childhood Obesity Affects Emotions and Behavior
ANITA that day broke down school. The mother was confused as to why her youngest daughter refused to go to school, even though Anita had no problems during the lesson. "After I asked and approached, it turned out that Nita yesterday was said to be fat with his classmates. He was upset and became a learning strike, "said Tasya, the mother of the 8-year-old child. Finally Tasya took the initiative to meet Anita's homeroom teacher and discuss the matter.
"The child who told Anita was then called and told to apologize to Anita, so she wanted to go to school again," said Tasya. The impression is trivial, but physical problems are closely related to social acceptance. Obesity has an impact on emotional and behavioral problems.
For example, obesity has stereotypes that tend to be negative. From the children's point of view, for example, is a fat kid comfortable to be invited to play with friends? For competitive physical games, generally obese children cannot move actively or slowly.
"This will indirectly have an impact on children's self-esteem and confidence, which will be low," Aurora Lumbantoruan MPsi said. This psychologist said, adolescents and girls are more affected by this social than fat boys.
Therefore, parents should provide examples of healthy eating patterns for children to avoid the problem of obesity. Meanwhile, for children who are already obese, parents should make an effort to reduce children's weight gradually. Meanwhile, the child psychologist and family of Naomi Soetikno MPsi explained, parents do play a big role in making children become obese. "Children are great imitators. He imitated parents before imitating the environment. In the diet, what your parents eat will also be eaten by the child. In fact, eating problems in children are also influenced by parents, "explained Naomi. For the sake of avoiding fussy children, for example, parents will let children eat whatever they like, whenever the child likes it.
Or, children refuse to eat vegetables and only want to eat bread and sweets, all obeyed by parents. Parents also often ignore the nutritional content that children eat everyday. In fact, food is the main energy source.
Foods high in calories such as sugar and fat, without physical activity, are a major cause of child obesity. Healthy eating starts from the initiative of parents by getting used to eating on time, the right amount, and the right type.
In addition, parents must create a pleasant dining atmosphere. But according to Naomi, it must be remembered that when eating do not be a means of judgment for children. Sometimes parents criticize children when they eat, even the way children eat sometimes becomes the target of criticism. In the end, children are more likely to eat alone.
ANITA that day broke down school. The mother was confused as to why her youngest daughter refused to go to school, even though Anita had no problems during the lesson. "After I asked and approached, it turned out that Nita yesterday was said to be fat with his classmates. He was upset and became a learning strike, "said Tasya, the mother of the 8-year-old child. Finally Tasya took the initiative to meet Anita's homeroom teacher and discuss the matter.
"The child who told Anita was then called and told to apologize to Anita, so she wanted to go to school again," said Tasya. The impression is trivial, but physical problems are closely related to social acceptance. Obesity has an impact on emotional and behavioral problems.
For example, obesity has stereotypes that tend to be negative. From the children's point of view, for example, is a fat kid comfortable to be invited to play with friends? For competitive physical games, generally obese children cannot move actively or slowly.
"This will indirectly have an impact on children's self-esteem and confidence, which will be low," Aurora Lumbantoruan MPsi said. This psychologist said, adolescents and girls are more affected by this social than fat boys.
Therefore, parents should provide examples of healthy eating patterns for children to avoid the problem of obesity. Meanwhile, for children who are already obese, parents should make an effort to reduce children's weight gradually. Meanwhile, the child psychologist and family of Naomi Soetikno MPsi explained, parents do play a big role in making children become obese. "Children are great imitators. He imitated parents before imitating the environment. In the diet, what your parents eat will also be eaten by the child. In fact, eating problems in children are also influenced by parents, "explained Naomi. For the sake of avoiding fussy children, for example, parents will let children eat whatever they like, whenever the child likes it.
Or, children refuse to eat vegetables and only want to eat bread and sweets, all obeyed by parents. Parents also often ignore the nutritional content that children eat everyday. In fact, food is the main energy source.
Foods high in calories such as sugar and fat, without physical activity, are a major cause of child obesity. Healthy eating starts from the initiative of parents by getting used to eating on time, the right amount, and the right type.
In addition, parents must create a pleasant dining atmosphere. But according to Naomi, it must be remembered that when eating do not be a means of judgment for children. Sometimes parents criticize children when they eat, even the way children eat sometimes becomes the target of criticism. In the end, children are more likely to eat alone.
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