TY  - JOUR
A1  - Warschburger, Petra
T1  - The unhappy obese child
N2  - OBJECTIVE: One of the most painful aspects of obesity may be the emotional suffering it causes. The paper discusses the psychological and social effects of obesity. METHOD: Current studies examining the psychosocial strains of obese children and adolescents are reported. The report especially focuses on stigmatization, mental health disorders, school performance and health-related quality of life. DISCUSSION: Research is showing that obesity is associated with poorer psychosocial functioning-even compared with other chronic diseases. Future studies should further explicate the risk and protective factors for developing severe psychosocial strain
Y1  - 2005
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/13938
ER  -