According to a new study done by scientists at Iowa State University, teenage girls who grew up being exposed to harsh parents and were insecure with their eating habits are more likely to be obese once they reached adulthood. Researchers are warning parents out there to watch their parenting style, especially during their child's adolescent years because it is a crucial stage.
In an article published by Science Daily, scientists said that girls are mostly the ones affected by this phenomenon due to harsh parenting and food insecurities during their teenage years. These are the years when a lot of changes happen to a person whether it is emotional, physical and even mental.
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Brenda Lohman, the lead scientist of this research, said that girls in their teenage years who have normal weight could be affected and eventually become obese if they are insecure about their eating habits. The moment they reached the age of 23, it is when they could start gaining weight in an extreme level.
Psyche Central also reported this new study stating that when a teenage girl is being deprived of food and is also facing a lot of stress in her life, chances are it would hurt her self-esteem. When that happens, parents could expect that their child is more likely to be obese in the near future. Stressing a teenager is not a good idea because it is a stage where they are still starting to get to know who they really are and what they want when it comes to being themselves.
Stressing them using harsh parenting would disrupt their ability to grow up healthy in the mind, which would then cascade to their body. Share this to anyone who you think needs this information, as it would help in parenting their teenage girls. We would love to hear your thoughts about it too using the comments section below.
