Isaac Amigo Vázquez

La obesidad infantil como resultado de un estilo de vida obesogénico

En este articulo se revisan los principales habitos de conducta que facilitan el sobrepeso y la obesidad infantil. La falta de sueno, comer viendo la television, comer solo, evitar el desayuno y calmar los estados emocionales comiendo se presentan como un conjunto de factores interrelacionados que configuran un estilo de vida obesogenico. Se analizan las fuertes relaciones que se dan entre ellos y se concluye que solo la modificacion del conjunto de habitos y no alguno de ellos por separado puede facilitar el control del peso en la infancia.

Eating habits and attitudes and their relationship with Body Mass Index (BMI)

Background and Objectives: To study the differences in eating attitudes and habits between subjects of normal weight and subjects who are overweight and to analyze in each group the relationship between these habits and attitudes and BMI, taking gender as a modulating variable. Methods: A total of 191 subjects, 117 women and 74 men, took part in this study. 102 subjects made up the overweight/obesity group and 82 subjects made up the control group. All of them were given a questionnaire comprising 26 items (EAT 26 Eating Attitudes Test) plus an additional group of 10 extra items. Results: The overweight group shows a significantly higher score in mood-related ingestion than the group with normal weight. Subsequent analyses indicate that while in the overweight/obesity group there is a positive correlation between the oral control scale and BMI, in the normal weight control group there is a negative correlation between oral control and BMI. Amongst the women in the overweight group a significant relationship was observed between skipping meals, oral control and BMI. 50.7% of the dieters stated that their attempts to lose weight had generally been followed by an even greater weight increase. Furthermore, 88.5% of the dieters stated that they had been unable to maintain the weight loss in the long term. Conclusions: The results indicate that the same restrictive practices can have different effects depending on the BMI and the sex of the subjects. Received: 11 November 2008 Revised: 9 June 2009 Accepted: 30 July 2009 EATING HABITS AND ATTITUDES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) 215

La influencia de fumar cigarrillos en la elección de pareja para una relación íntima y ocasional

Letter to the editor.