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CONTROL STUDY OF SIMPLE OBESITY CHILDREN ON PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

Qin Yang

Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Wuhan, China

Objective: To research the effect of simple obesity on behavior, psychological problems.

Methods: Achenbach Measuring Scale and Children Inventory of Mental Health were employed to study the behavior problems, psychology and social adaptive capacity of 100 simple obese children with 4 -14 years old though matched groups study with 100 normal children as a control group.

Result: Frequency of behavior problems in obesity group is higher than in control group. Obese boys showed higher frequency in aggressive behaviors, running counter to disciplines, hyperkinetic behaviors and compulsive behaviors while obese girls showed poor social contact capacity, depression, un-mature, and anxious, etc. There are significant differences between obese children and normal children in psychology and social adaptive capacity, school activities and social contact capacity.

Conclusion: Psychological behaviors and social adaptive capacities of simple obese children are different from normal children. Phenomena of mental damage and behavior deviation increase when obesity gets more serious. It is necessary to strengthen mental health education and use comprehensive cures to ensure a healthy physical and mental development of obese children.

Keywords: obesity, mental behavior, countermeasures