Childhood Obesity and Mental Health
Yumlish: Diabetes and Multicultural Nutrition
English - September 02, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBHealth & Fitness Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr. Sutaria joins Shireen to discuss the mental health impacts for children experiencing obesity and how social identities further affect this relationship. He outlines what is being done to help end the childhood obesity epidemic. Keep listening to learn how you can better support the mental health of children experiencing obesity.
Dr. Shailen Sutaria is a clinical doctor specializing in public health with an interest in preventing ill health through lifestyle modifications. He is a clinical lead at Heathily, a self-care platform that uses responsive AI to provide personalized information from doctors and healthcare specialists.
“What I'd like to see is a society where the default way of being leaves you eating, healthily being happy and being able to actively exercise without having to make any effort.”
On this Episode You will Learn:
Mental Health Impacts of Childhood Obesity
Methods for Childhood Obesity Prevention
Attitudes Towards Weight Across Cultures
How Gender Influences Experiences with Obesity
COVID”s Impact on Childhood Obesity and Mental Health
What Governments are doing to Promote Public Health
Key Points:
0:00 - Intro with Shireen!
1:30 - What drew you to medicine and how did you become interested in childhood obesity specifically?
5:40 - Why is it important to prevent and decrease the rates of childhood obesity?
12:17 - How does race and ethnicity influence experiences with obesity?
15:30 - How has COVID-19 impacted childhood obesity and mental health?
18:12 - How can children experiencing obesity be better supported in preventing and managing these mental health issues?
22:50 - What are governments, healthcare providers, and families doing to help end the childhood obesity epidemic and what else do you think they should be doing
32:50 - Outro with Shireen!
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