Abordagem da Equipe de Saúde da Família na prevenção e no tratamento da obesidade dos usuários da Unidade de Saúde da Família IV, no município de Monte Sião - Minas Gerais

Abstract

Obesity is identified as accumulation in adipose tissue, subcutaneously, which occurs markedly, and may be accompanied by other diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, among others. Lack of physical exercise and inadequate diet usually aggravates the condition of the accumulation of adipose tissue. It has a complex and multifactorial etiology, resulting from the interaction of lifestyle, genes and emotional factors. Today, obsession translates into a serious public health problem and in the area covered by the basic unit of health, health Family Health Program IV, in the municipality of Monte Sião - Minas Gerais, this problem already affects a large number of users in our territory. The objective of this study was to elaborate an intervention project to work on the issue of obesity and the treatment of obese users of the basic health unit of the Family Health Program IV. To document the work, a bibliographic research was carried out in the databases of the Virtual Health Library, using the following descriptors: Obesity. Physical activity. Promotion of health. The intervention project was developed following the steps of situational strategic planning. It is expected that with the establishment of follow-up group of the obese reduce weight and control the problems originated from obesity.