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Obesity in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
The past three decades in the world have seen the number of young people with obesity increase by nearly a triple. This is according to reports from the National Center for Health Statistics (Eisenberg, Radunovich, & Brennan, 2013). Obesity is rarely caused by genetic or hormonal defects, and the main reason for the high occurrence of obesity, therefore, is the high intake of calories than an individual can burn. As much as the major reasons for the overall increase in the number of overweight and obese adolescents is not known, the most common theory is that the society has become more successful. This implies that adolescents …show more content…
This is due to an increase in social vitality during adolescents, which translates to a decrease in vitality during adulthood. Such decrease in vitality and sociability reflects the natural trend for individuals to concentrate on their inwards beings and focus on commitments in their lives rather than a huge following of friends. However, this situation may be dire among obese individuals who did not get to enjoy vitality and sociability in their adolescence stage. Such individuals may grow into introverts or antisocial adults, not because they do not like people or being popular but because they feel withdrawn from the rest of the society. The emerging adulthood developmental stage is mostly associated with the psychosocial development of individuals, and it is measured mostly through the identity and ego of an individual. The development of ego in an emerging adult is related directly to self-sufficiency. Individuals with high levels of ego in their early adulthood report less difficulty with moving away from home and transitioning into their new lives. However, individuals with low ego at their early adulthood have a tough time transitioning into their new lives as adults. Such individuals have a tough time establishing intimate relationships and development interpersonal understanding. In most cases, obese emerging adults suffer from the case of ego due to low self esteem and they have a tough time transitioning from adolescents to