Psychosocial implications of obesity in school children from 7 to 12 years in a city in the south of Brazil
The present work has the purpose to acknowledge the psychological implications within the social environment of scholars, from 7 to 12 yeas old, with obesity, this diagnosed through the BMI (Body Mass Index) with the Colle (2000) protocol. Considering this is a qualitative research, interviews were...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino e Pesquisa em Fisiologia do Exercício (IBPEFEX) |
| Repositorio: | Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.rbone.com.br:article/151 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/151 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Obese children Psychosocial implications Self esteem Self concept Niños obesos Implicaciones psicosociales Autoestima Autoconcepto Bambini obesi Implicazioni psicosociali Autostima Concetto di sé Crianças obesas Implicações psicossociais Auto-estima Auto conceito |
| Sumario: | The present work has the purpose to acknowledge the psychological implications within the social environment of scholars, from 7 to 12 yeas old, with obesity, this diagnosed through the BMI (Body Mass Index) with the Colle (2000) protocol. Considering this is a qualitative research, interviews were conducted and analyzed, according to the content method analysis, Bardin (1977). After the data analysis, it was acknowledge that the obese child is seen as lazy, as target of jokes, humiliations and rejections and teachers are not prepared to deal with this problem. The older children suffer more with the rejection, which usually leads to introspection, isolation, and search for individual and sedentary. The self esteem and self concept which are built in this stage require a discreet, smooth and secure treatment from the educator when approaching this delicate subject, so that in the near future this obese child avoid psychological and behavior disturbs. |
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