Obesity: What is it? How to control it?

Obesity is a chronic disease caused by many causes and with numerous complications. It is characterized by excess fat in the body and occurs when the Body Mass Index in adults is greater than 25 units. Obesity not only harms those who suffer from it from a long list of diseases. Such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, but also psychopathies such as depression, anxiety, less possibilities of access to the best jobs, the best partners and a bad family relationship. Obesity can occur for various reasons. However, the environment in which the person operates can be a risk factor; ideas, concepts and memories arise from social exchange. The family is the basis of society. The first contact with which we develop. Within it, the necessary elements for the development of the human being are acquired and it is from there that values, beliefs, habits and modes of behavior are obtained. Consequences Some effects experienced by people with low self-esteem in correlation with obesity are the following: 1) Lack of self-confidence. 2) Distorted view of themselves and others. 3) They present low performance: having little self-confidence, they stop making an effort to carry out new projects or reach their goals, but they do not realize that these failures do not reflect their true capabilities and potential. 4) Unsatisfactory personal life. Positive and rewarding experiences with close people help increase it. Which contributes to combating obesity. While conflictive relationships and negative experiences with people decrease the self-esteem and make it more difficult to fight weight gain. Within any obesity treatment, weight reduction should be one of the objectives, but not the only one. It is essential to learn to replace unhealthy and inadequate eating habits with more appropriate ones. In addition, we must work on those psychological factors associated with obesity such as anxiety problems, dysfunctional beliefs regarding our body and appearance, insecurity and low self-confidence, irrational concerns related to food and weight, etc. Psychological therapy 1-Evaluation. It is especially important because the entire therapy will be built from it. It consists of collecting all the information necessary to understand the patient’s problem, how said problem originated and why they continue to have it today. 2-Exhibition. When the psychologist has all the information about your case, he will explain it to you clearly and directly. From there, and detaching directly from the hypothesis, he will explain to you what your therapy will consist of and what specific techniques you will learn. 3-Therapy. The therapist will teach you specific strategies to overcome the problem. It is important that what you learn is practiced between sessions. But keeping in mind that the one who has to put it into practice is you. 4-Monitoring. When you have successfully applied what you have learned in therapy to your difficult situations, and the problem begins to disappear, then the sessions will be spaced out until the treatment is completed.