Resumen

The objective of this theoretical study is to determine the relationship between parental styles and obesity in children and adolescents, based on the analysis of different theoretical and empirical studies. Obesity currently represents a public health problem, whereby pediatric obesity and adolescents are related to adverse physical and psychological consequences, so that the influence of parents in the development of this problem is essential. According to the theoretical review it has been seen that there is a high degree of relationship between parental styles and obesity in children and adolescents, taking into account that good eating habits have been related to the authoritarian and democratic parental styles and intake of unhealthy foods with the indulgent and unconscious.