Eating behaviors in children with simple obesity in relation to the results of own research

Abstract

Nowadays the need for prevention from simple obesity in children is a very important issue and it needs urgent solutions. Modifying the influence of environment, lifestyle, health behaviors and awareness creates significant opportunities in this area. It constitutes a chance of counteracting obesity and the related problems. Taking this opportunity into consideration, the author of this article conducted research aimed at determining the quality (correctness) of eating behaviors in children with simple obesity. She investigated the correctness of the above behaviors in the area of eight aspects featured by her: – motivation for consuming foods, – quality of foods and drinks consumed and not consumed; – number of meals consumed during a day and regularity of the consumption; – times of a day when foods and drinks were consumed, – amount of foods and liquids consumed, – the way of  consuming meals, – forms of meals consumed and places of the consumption. In the article the author presents the results she obtained, concentrating on each of the aspects listed above in turn. Therefore, she answers the question about the quality of obese children’s eating behaviors, characterizes them and formulates opinions on the level of their correctness.