title: [Psychological and social aspects of overweight children (author's transl)].
abstract: If children who were originally fully capable and active according to their respective age groups, remain more than 50% overweight for a period of more than 3 years, develop a significantly lower motor, intellectual and social activity. They tend to develop an anxious auto-aggressive behavior, because it is difficult for them to transmit to others the social pressures to which they are subject. The probability of a permanent therapeutic success diminishes as the duration of the period of overweight increases. Only physically and emotionally orientated therapy is rational as 78% of our overweight children come from neurotically disturbed families. Overweight can often be due to lack of love where intensity of affection is wrongly applied.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D009043:Motor Activity; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012919:Social Behavior; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012931:Social Environment
vernacular_title: Psychische und soziale Merkmale übergewichtiger Kinder