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AU1 - Hill, Andrew J.
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AB - Curr Obes Rep (2017) 6:63–70 DOI 10.1007/s13679-017-0246-y PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES (M HETHERINGTON AND V DRAPEAU, SECTION EDITORS) Obesity in Children and the ‘Myth of Psychological Maladjustment’: Self-Esteem in the Spotlight Andrew J. Hill Published online: 20 February 2017 The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Introduction Purpose of Review There are contrasting views regarding the psychological well-being of children with obesity. One of Jane Wardle’s early interests was in children with obe- Responding to limitations of existing evidence, Jane sity, their self-perception and self-esteem [1, 2]. This was Wardle in 2005 argued for a ‘myth of psychological mal- commensurate with her broader regard for the needs of people adjustment’. This review looks again at self-esteem. with obesity, seen in her driving the establishment of the char- Recent Findings The different characterisations of self- ity Weight Concern. At that time, I was also working and esteem each offer value. Global self-esteem is reduced in publishing on the self-perception of children with obesity nearly all studies of youth with obesity. Dimensional self- and have continued this interest (while Jane’s research inter- esteem reveals physical appearance, athletic and social ests and outputs proliferated). One paper that stands 
TI - Obesity in Children and the ‘Myth of Psychological Maladjustment’: Self-Esteem in the Spotlight
JF - Current Obesity Reports
DO - 10.1007/s13679-017-0246-y
DA - 2017-02-20
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/obesity-in-children-and-the-myth-of-psychological-maladjustment-self-9vUBNM7RJz
DP - DeepDyve
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