The Social and Emotional Lives of Overweight, Obese, and Severely Obese Children

摘要: This study examines inter- and intrapersonal problems associated with being overweight among one thousand hundred sixty-four 6- to 7-year-olds (49% boys) in 29 rural schools. Socioemotional data include child self-reports, peer sociometrics, teacher reports. Results support the hypothesis that children weight struggle socially emotionally, extend current understanding of obesity by demonstrating appear early, are evident a community sample, can be identified using standard sociometric methods, worse severe obesity. Sociometric status difference between levels were also found. Although obese neglected peers, severely rejected.