EVALUATION OF BODY SATISFACTION AND LIBIDO OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF MORBID OBESE ADOLESCENTS PARTICIPANTS IN AN OUTPATIENT GROUP BEFORE BARIATRIC SURGERY

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593592311083

• Palavras-chave: adolescents, obesity, parents, body satisfaction, libido, domestic violence.

• Keywords: adolescents, obesity, parents, body satisfaction, libido, domestic violence.

• Abstract:

  Obesity is considered a chronic disease, worldwide epidemic and multifactorial cause, associated with habits and lifestyle. Correlations of habits between parents and children may influence family patterns of food intake and selection, physical exercise and leisure activities that may predispose to obesity. Patients with eating disorders are very often associated with a history of abuse in childhood, such as sexual and physical abuse. Understanding the emotional and traumatic causes that determine obesity and sexual dysfunction in the obese group is extremely important for preventing injuries and maintaining obesity treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the body satisfaction and libido of parents and guardians of obese adolescents and to investigate obesity and violence in the family. It can be seen that 72% of parents and/or guardians of obese adolescents were also obese. The higher the BMI, the lower the degree of satisfaction with the body and the greater the decrease in libido. Psychological and physical aggression and sexual abuse were the types of violence most frequently perpetuated in the domestic environment.