Contributions of physical education in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Tarciana Cecília de Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: França, Tereza Luiza de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Scire Salutis
• Texto Completo: https://sustenere.inf.br/index.php/sciresalutis/article/view/CBPC2236-9600.2021.001.0002
• topic: Educação Física; Obesidade; Educação; Saúde; Práticas corporais; Physical Education; Obesity; Education; Cheers; Physical exercises

Obesity is considered by medicine as a complex and multifactorial disease whose main characteristic is the exacerbated accumulation of adipose tissue throughout the body. It is associated with metabolic, physiological, dietary, behavioral and also social factors. Directly or indirectly it is responsible for the considerable increase in the incidence of mortality in the population. This disease is a serious public health problem that needs to be tackled. It affects all age groups and social classes. And it has reached a high rate in children. In this sense, this study has the general objective of analyzing in the literature the contributions of Physical Education for the prevention and treatment of obesity. This is an integrative literature review based on electronic data Scielo and Lilacs, in the studies published during the years 2013 and 2018. It was possible to conclude that the contributions of Physical Education for the prevention and treatment of obesity with activities focused on culture body for making playful practices stimulate systematic processes of physical exercises that contribute to the awareness of healthy eating; encourages changes in active lifestyles; promotes awareness of the harmful effects of obesity, overweight and comorbidities; encourages the insertion of the family in the obesity prevention and treatment process.