Although the biggest problem of our age is obesity, there are still people who have problems with not gaining weight. And to an extent that cannot be ignored. The problem of not gaining weight can sometimes be caused by an accompanying psychological disease. Sometimes, failure to gain weight occurs due to some physiological problems in the body. First of all, we need to find out what causes the problem so that we can find the solution. The treatment of a physiologically based weakness problem and a psychologically based weakness problem is completely different from each other. Clichés such as "eat less and exercise", which are popularly said to lose weight, are repeated to those who want to gain weight, saying "of course you can't gain weight if you don't eat". Now let's look at the content of this problem of not being able to gain weight. You can't gain weight, but why? Let's identify it?
The number of people who cannot gain weight due to anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa is increasing due to the influence of the media. Changing beauty criteria make especially our young girls and boys believe that it is more beautiful to be morbidly thin, and as a result, our young people are pushed to be thin with unhealthy diets and medications. The Barbie and Cindy dolls that we innocently give to girls during childhood are the first step towards changing their body perception towards thinness being beautiful. Likewise, ken dolls are taught to boys as adult male idols. Since childhood, the child, who has wrongly shaped in his mind what it is like to be beautiful, first with dolls, tries to stay thin during adolescence by either vomiting what he eats (blumia) or, for those who are more disciplined, by eating less (anorexia). As a result, children cannot fully complete their psychological, mental, physiological and hormonal development in addition to being weak because they cannot get the nutrients the body needs. The risk of contracting diseases that may become permanent in the future increases. First of all, we should pay attention to children in this respect and explain the concepts of beauty and health and why healthy nutrition is important. Anorexia and bulimia are psychologically based problems of not being able to gain weight, and their treatment can only be achieved by gaining weight through nutritional therapy accompanied by psychotherapy.
The most well-known of the physiologically based problems of not being able to gain weight is the thyroid gland. It is a hyperthyroidism disease that causes the body speed to increase due to excessive secretion of thyroid hormones as a result of overwork and prevents the patient from gaining weight. It is a disease characterized by tachycardia, irritability, sudden fits of anger and, in later cases, bulging of the eyeball, rather than the sole effect of not being able to gain weight. Its treatment is with medication and nutritional therapy under the supervision of an endocrinologist.
One of the physiologically based problems of not gaining weight is intestinal parasites. It can be easily detected by looking for parasite eggs in the stool for 3 consecutive weeks. Its treatment is with medication and nutritional therapy under the supervision of an internal medicine specialist.
The problem of not gaining weight due to eating behavior disorder is treated with permanent behavioral change and nutritional therapy. If you have no appetite, if you cannot eat when you are angry or upset, if you do not eat all day long when you are at work or busy, and if you eat very little when you come home in the evening and feel full immediately, your body needs to be gradually accustomed to proper nutrition. For this, a nutrition program suitable for you is determined by the dietitian and your weight gain is gradually achieved in a healthy way.
If you have a feeling of emotional fullness, which is the opposite of the problem of eating when angry, which we call emotional hunger, that is, you lose your appetite when you are angry, sad or very happy. If it stops, it would be beneficial for you to go to a psychologist and learn the right ways to deal with your emotional state.
Success can only be achieved if the treatment is stable. Just as you cannot lose weight in a short time, it is also a wrong attitude to expect to gain weight in a short time. If you follow the popular belief that eating sweet and fatty foods will cause weight gain, this malnutrition will cause you to deal with other diseases. Healthy weight gain should be from both fat and muscle tissue. You can only understand this by having your body analyzed. If you consume a diet rich in sugar, fat and simple carbohydrates to gain weight, you will only get unbalanced fat tissue increase and diabetes.
Before starting a weight gain program, you need to have the necessary blood tests. Based on the results, it can be understood whether there is a situation that prevents you from gaining weight. If you have it, you should also seek medical treatment. must. Your dietitian will create a nutrition program based on your blood test results, whether you have a deficiency or not, the hours you use during the day, whether you work or not, whether you do sports, whether you are physically active or not, the foods you like and dislike, your age, gender, habits and socio-economic status. By following this nutrition program, you will gain weight in a healthy way and in a healthy period of time.
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