Hábitos psicológicos asociados al apetitoun acercamiento preliminar a su comprensión

Abstract

Background: Appetite and impulse control deficit in obese population are the outcomes of a multidisciplinary perspective on obesity, completing the actual model and supplying scientific basis for a new explicative one. Methods: This research displays a preliminary study which evaluates ten psychological variables in both obese and non-obese samples. Results: The resultant data describes a psychological problems as the cause of excess weight called edorexia syndrome, which is characterized by four main components: emotional dimension, psychological welfare deficit, food dependency and obesity avoidance; and aims to increase the relevance of psychological aspects and the environment. In addition, an interactive model between these factors is proposed together with a comprehensive integrated model for obesity from a multidisciplinary perspective.Conclusions: In summary, the main cause of the elevated incidence rates of obesity is addressed, based on evidences from different disciplines, contributing to a multidisciplinary vision and developing a theoretical and empirical framework towards a better understanding of obese individuals’ behavior, and also of the population with pathological problems regarding to appetite control.