What is worse is that many overweight teens will be hard on themselves, and will often be mistreated by others. A study carried out in 2001 by Latner and Stunkard finds that this situation, rather than improving, has steadily got worse.
Often, those teens who are overweight can suffer from other problems such as cardiovascular,
orthopedic, gastrointestinal, respiratory, hormonal, neurological and metabolic diseases (diabetes). These can often manifest themselves through psychological problems, and you may then have to ask for assistance from a trained professional in order to deal with them.
Today in the US, there are some weight loss programs for kids which are residential, and
combine psychological therapy with behavior change therapy in order to improve the teens self esteem as well as their physical health.
We will look at ways in which those teens, who wish to lose weight, can do so safely.
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