Percepción de la imagen corporal y su relación con sobrepeso y obesidad en pacientes de 10 a 17 años de edad, que acuden a consulta externa del Hospital de Niños Dr. Roberto Gilbert E. desde agosto de 2022 a febrero de 2023.

Abstract

Introduction: Overweight and obesity have been defined as the abnormal or excessive bodyfat accumulation leading to a progressive health deterioration. It has a diverse etiology, it is due to the combination of many factors, including eating habits and preferences, but sometimes the patient’s true weight is not perceived by them or their caregivers and will not take the proper preventive measures. Methods: It is a non-experimental, crosssectional prospective design carried out from August 2022 to March 2023. We gathered the data through surveys among outpatients of the Roberto Gilbert Elizalde Hospital between the ages of 10 to 17 years old. Obtaining 530 children of which 314 had overweight or obesity. Conclusions: 58.5% of the patients had overweight or obesity, but only 0.95% identified themselves with Collins’s figures, which represents said pathologies, 57.69% underestimated their weight choosing figures representing a lower weight than what they really had. 40% had a weight which fitted a normal age weight, of which 37.14% identified with the correct figure. Whereas 1.52% of the caregivers listed their patients with the right figures and 57.14% underestimated the nutritional condition in the pictogram.