The impact of nutrition on children's mental health and the health of society
The impact of nutrition on children's mental health and the health of society
In addition to my degree in psychotherapy, I also had the opportunity to engage in nutrition research, where I earned a Master's degree at the Nutrition University.
How much and how important it is what we eat and what we put into our bodies is shown by today's statistics and a society suffering from obesity or lat. Obesitas.
Parents who allow a ten-year-old to already weigh 100 kg or more are abusing their child under current law. Only if we accept this is there a chance to act preventively through the system of helping children and youth together with their families and to intervene early in changing behavior." The state must have the right to oblige parents of obese children to participate in nutrition courses and to sanction non-attendance.
How and in what way to talk to children about the importance of nutrition and its impact on mental health and the health of the individual in general.
How do we connect this with our mental state and the support we needed at that moment, but which was missing.
How does it happen that in different life challenges we gain or lose weight?!
Sometimes it seems to you that you are eating to "fill" some psychological void. Often after the loss of a loved one or some family members, the body gives in to "food".
The body tries to encompass all the problems. This leads to excessive body weight.
Often with traumatic experiences, there is a loss of appetite, where a child or adult "punishes" their body by starving themselves, thinking they are not good enough, and in the absence of trauma healing.
Gestalt Psychotherapy and Psychodrama, as well as constant work on oneself and one's processes, can greatly help to heal these problems and return the body to normal function.
