Delgado Floody Pedro Antonio, Caamaño-Navarrete Felipe, Martínez-Salazar Cristian, Jerez-Mayorga Daniel, Carter-Thuiller Bastián, García Pinillos Felipe, Latorre Román Pedro
Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
Nutr Hosp. 2018 Jun 4;35(3):533-537. doi: 10.20960/nh.1424.
overweight children are at increased risk for psychosocial disorders.
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.
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). RESULS: 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).
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.
超重儿童患心理社会障碍的风险增加。
本研究的目的是探讨公立学校学童超重和肥胖状况与自尊及幸福感水平之间的关系。
共纳入364名11至13岁（平均年龄12.44±1.14岁）的学童（180名男孩和184名女孩）。进行人体测量，并通过学校自尊测试（APT）评估自尊和幸福感水平。结果：男孩的学校自尊水平显著更高（p<0.001）；55.49%（n=204）的受评估学生超重。与正常体重儿童相比，超重和肥胖受试者的自尊水平较低（p=0.032）。此外，43名学生自尊水平极低，且观察到极低和低自尊水平（n=119）与超重和肥胖之间存在关联（p=0.033）。关于“我是一个快乐的人吗？”这个问题，更多的学生给出了肯定回答（n=296）。对该问题的否定回答与体重超标有关（p=0.042）。
超重和肥胖与学童的低自尊和低幸福感有关。这些结果令人担忧，因为自尊是对自己的评价，而幸福感是主观个人幸福指数，是一个关乎家庭和整个教育系统的话题。
