Stress and Childhood Obesity

Dr. Robert Lustig explains the possible connection between stress and obesity in children

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Education

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• obesity
• children
• stress
• hypothalmus
• cortisol
• health
• fat
• Dallman
• Scinece
• Lustig
• insulin

[EllehcarChandelure]

I'm 138 pounds and I'm 13, but I'm 5'8, so it balances out. It's not stress, it's our parents. My mom just offered me ice-cream. All I've eaten today was pizza and a poptart. But, now that I think about it, they could make school a little less stressful ;)

[Kazter11]

im 14 and im 200 pounds, but i walk everyday to school and stuff, but, when i have alot of time, like summer vacation and stuff, i tend not to eat as much. because im busy playing stuff :D

[UMUSTDIE1000]

im 13 i get stressed alot in fact i got a disease called reflux caused by stressed and I dont eat "comfort food" im not over weight, i weigh 40 kg and i hate greasy food. (makes me throw up)

[CarlasWrld]

Stress is absolutely a factor because of the hypothalamus and cortisol. It is very much chemically-related. If you research this, you will find out the facts about it Morethanenough... A doctor recently told me, "I have patients that come here frequently worried because of the weight they are losing; figuring that they have some horrible disease, but in truth, they cannot keep weight on because they are under extreme stress. Weight gain and weight loss are both factors with stress."

[Morethanenough1]

Our chidren are becoming obese bc parents feed them too much, junk and don't make them go out to play. Sorry but NO ONE can become OBESE from stress! Its what you eat. As for preventative measures...parents should acutally PARENT and say no when the kid wants a candy bar.

[BabydollKerli7890]

When I'm stressed, angry, or sad I can not eat. It makes me sick even thinking of food.

[crazy3d]

@Manganese5 That's "anorexia" (in spanish) i think, search in google. But by what you say i think you have some kind of phobia (an irracional strong fear to something) but is important that you tell your mother (or some doctor if your an adult now) that you might have anorexia or some phobia and that you need help about that, anorexia is not a game, it is very common and dangerous and if you fall in some depresion in your life time and you have anorexia then it can go out of control and kill u.

[Manganese5]

When I'm stress I refuse to eat anything. I hate eating and my mother threatened to send me to psychiatrist when I was six but I was so scared of talking about my fear of eating that I pretended to eat my food but I puked it up in the garden.

I had to pretend I don't have any problems with food or else my mother would call me stupid if I said I was scared of eating. Now I'm really afraid of being obese that find it a struggle to eat and my hair and nails go all gross from not eating.

[balletdancer131]

what if your stressed but control yout eatting still would you still get fat

[tomatoedrama1]

@Desarollo true and true but stress doubles the chances of what you just described.