Symposium 18: PPsychosocial factors in childhood obesity: its impact on morbidity and mortality

Symposium 18: Psychosocial factors, diabetes, current epidemics and pandemics Psychosocial factors in childhood obesity: its impact on morbidity and mortality Childhood obesity is a pandemic that continues to grow almost all over the world. This type of malnutrition has a great impact on the health of children and adolescents and, in general, healthcare teams in charge of treatment and prevention mainly focus on the biological complications (such as arterial hypertension, diabetes). However, many publications show higher morbidity in the mental health area during childhood (low self-esteem, depression and bullying at school). To be able to understand the genesis of this pathology, it is important to consider the development of the eating behavior from the beginning of the complementary feeding, which is an aspect healthcare professionals don’t usually put the focus on. Although we understand “eating behavior” as a complex construct to evaluate, there are some instruments that allow us to measure it, such as the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ).