Overweight Children Face Emotional Pains

I was reading this article on MSNBC about overweight children. The article discusses the:

• Emotional torture,
• Teasing,
• Rejection,
• Discrimination
  
• Bullying, and
  
• Abuse,

overweight children must deal with on a daily basis. The discrimination and abuse does not just come from their peers. Parents, teachers, and family members are also perpetrators.

Not Just Fun and Games

The emotional abuse can have many adverse effects. Many of these children develop:

• Suicidal thoughts
• Low self-esteem
• Feelings of inadequacy
  
• Eating disorders
• Overall poor quality of life.

Many of these children's quality of life score were similar to people living with cancer.

Dr. Kal

I was an overweight child and an obese teen, so I experienced the stigma of childhood obesity first hand. Growing up was torture and led to low self-esteem and feelings of inadequacy issues that I still deal with today.

Parents

Parents, family-members, and educators should be proactive in helping children lose weight. They should also watch what they say and what they allowed to be said to all children, because words can hurt more than fists.

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