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Social context associated with meal-time plays a key role in factors involved with obesity. Studies have shown the effects of family meal- time in relation to childhood obesity. A study done by Jerica Berge [ 16 ] looked only that the interactions at meal times with families and neglected the types of foods they were eating.
Social stigma of obesity is bias or discriminatory behaviors targeted at overweight and obese individuals because of their weight and high body fat percentage. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Such social stigmas can span one's entire life as long as excess weight is present, starting from a young age and lasting into adulthood. [ 3 ]
Obesity rates rose as oils, fat, and sugars were more regularly consumed, beginning in the 1990s. The cultural appreciation of heavier female bodies is a factor. [8] Another explanation is the degree to which food is the center of social events and special occasions.
Many scholars believe that stress is a key mechanism in the relationship between low social class and poor eating behaviors. [79] [80] [81] In non-human models, animals that undergo subordination stress (e.g., attacks from a dominant animal in shared housing conditions) derive most of their caloric intake from fatty and sugary foods. [82]
Obesity is a physical marker of poor health, increasing the likelihood of various diseases. [2] Due to social constructs surrounding health, the belief that being skinny is healthy and discrimination against those perceived to be 'unhealthy', [3] people who are considered overweight or obese on the BMI scale face many social challenges ...
Stress: Chronic stress can lead to emotional eating, hormonal imbalances, and changes in appetite. Sleep : Poor sleep quality can disrupt hormone levels, metabolism, and appetite regulation.
HIV/AIDS is the leading epidemic that affects the social welfare of Africa. [18] Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can cause AIDS which is an acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening infections. Two-thirds of the world's HIV population is ...
Psychological stress in a family may contribute to childhood obesity. Sources of such stress include serious life events, parenting stress, lack of social support, and parental worries (e.g., the possibility of the child falling ill, being harmed, being handicapped, not developing normally, being exposed to abuse, or not surviving). In one ...