• Overweight children have somewhat lower self-esteem than non-overweight children, but this doesn’t make them seriously depressed or emotionally disturbed.

• Overweight children who have the low lowest self-esteem also have parents who tease them about their weight problems.
• Children and teenagers who view themselves as overweight are more likely to be unhappy about their weight condition. Some of those children may be quite overweight and others may be just a few pounds overweight, but the latter group could think of themselves as having a serious problem.

• The degree of relationship between weight and self-esteem is greater for girls than it is for boys. In other words, girls are more dramatically affected by weight and perceived weight problems than are boys. (Kirschenbaum)
• Between the mexico-americans from ages 12-19 years, 28 percent of the males and 19 percent of the females are overweight. ("La")

• Between the mexico-americans from ages 6-11 years, 27 percent of the males and 20 percent of the females are overweight. ("La")

Out of all of the Hispanic children that live in the United States, 30.4% are overweight, compared to the 25% of the Caucasian children. The Hispanic adolescents that are born in the United States from immigrant parents have double the probability of becoming overweight than those adolescents that were born in the exterior and then moved to the US. (Estudio longitudinal nacional de la salud adolescente, 1988).

In general, the style of culture that the US offers, increases the risk factor for obesity in a person. The Hispanic children have a greater risk of developing diabetes type 2 than the Caucasian children. Studies have also shown that the percentage of children with diabetes type 2 has increased about 5% since 1994, to 20% than 30% after 1994. Obesity is one of  the principal risk factors for diabetes type 2 in children ("Hoja").