The results of a study of eating disorders held in Barcelona shows that about 48% of children aged between 8 and 12 years is afraid of being fat, also indicates that 46% of children under this age on a diet not overweight.
In particular, the study on the factors involved in the monitoring of an allowance under 8 to 12 years, prepared by a team of researchers at the University of Barcelona, shows that 61% of girls and 31% of the children surveyed responded “always” had this fear.
The research was conducted on 180 children from 2 schools in Barcelona and La Roca del Vallés (Barcelona), who, after receiving the appropriate consent of the parents were asked to know if they knew what a diet and if the had ever had, while they took the anthropometric measurements.
Diets
Bullying, because children are afraid to be fat. 4.02% of all of them were obese and overweight showed 13.22%, a 62.64% were in normal weight, while a 11.49% were 8.62% underweight and severe underweight. 88% of them claimed to know what it was a diet (97% for obese and overweight) and 16% said they were at that time in solitary driven by their mothers (8%), themselves (4.5 %) or medical (3.5%).
A remarkable element is that among children who claimed to diet, about 46% were not obese or suffer overweight, a fact that may be associated with that 35% of respondents (40% of girls and 30% of the children) are chosen as ideal figures in a table of weight one that was below average.
Benedito explained that there is difference among schoolchildren from 8 to 12 years (third through sixth grade), because as they grow older increases by 17% the number of those who want to be thinner, reflecting the fear of obesity or overweight among children in this age group.
Low self-esteem, teasing by their physical appearance and therefore being rejected by others or be a victim of harassment, bullying notorious, most fear is what causes these children, well above the health problems associated with overweight or obese, and who understand the nutrition information they receive in school as pediatricians.
