Childhood obesity and its association with the feeling of unhappiness and low levels of self-esteem in children of public schools

Primer Autor
Delgado Floody, Pedro
Co-autores
Caamano-Navarrete, Felipe#Martinez-Salazar, Cristian#Jerez-Mayorga, Daniel#Carter-Thuiller, Bastian#Garcia-Pinillos, Felipe#Latorre-Roman, Pedro
Título
Childhood obesity and its association with the feeling of unhappiness and low levels of self-esteem in children of public schools
Editorial
ARAN EDICIONES, S L
Revista
NUTRICION HOSPITALARIA
Lenguaje
es
Resumen
"Introduction: overweight children are at increased risk for psychosocial disorders. Objective: the purpose of this research was to relate the condition of overweight and obesity to the levels of self-esteem and happiness in schoolchildren of public schools. Methods: a total of 364 schoolchildren (180 boys and 184 girls) were enrolled between eleven and 13 years old (12.44 +/- 1.14 years old). Anthropometric measurements were performed and the levels of self-esteem and happiness were evaluated through the School Self-Esteem Test (APT). Results: school self-esteem was significantly higher in boys (p < 0.001), 55.49% (n = 204) of the students evaluated were overweight. Overweight and obese subjects had lower levels of self-esteem compared to normal weight children (p = 0.032). In addition, 43 students had very low self-esteem, and a relationship between very low and low self-esteem levels (n = 119) and the overweight and obesity was observed (p = 0.033). In relation to the question ""Am I a happy person?"", a greater proportion of students answered positively (n = 296). The negative response to the question was associated with weight excess (p = 0.042). Conclusion: overweight and obesity were related to low levels of self-esteem and happiness in schoolchildren. These results are alarming since self-esteem is one's appreciation of oneself and happiness is an index of subjective personal well-being and is a topic that concerns families and the entire education system."
Tipo de Recurso
Artículo original
doi
10.20960/nh.1424
Formato Recurso
pdf
Palabras Claves
Self-esteem# Happiness# Schoolchildren# Obesity
Self-esteem# Happiness# Schoolchildren# Obesity
Ubicación del archivo
http://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.1424
Categoría OCDE
Nutrition & Dietetics
Materias
Autoestima# Felicidad# Escolares# Obesidad
Autoestima# Felicidad# Escolares# Obesidad
Id de Web of Science
WOS:000438091500006
Título de la cita (Recomendado-único)
Childhood obesity and its association with the feeling of unhappiness and low levels of self-esteem in children of public schools
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Artículo original
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)
version publicada
Editorial
ARAN EDICIONES, S L
Revista/Libro
NUTRICION HOSPITALARIA
Categoría WOS
Nutrición y Dietética
ISSN
0212-1611
Idioma
es
Formato
pdf
Tipo de ruta
dorada#verde
Access Rights
acceso abierto
Derechos de acceso
acceso abierto
License
CC BY-NC-ND
Página de inicio (Recomendado-único)
393
Página final (Recomendado-único)
396
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