Práticas integrativas e complementares no combate à obesidade no município de Serra Azul de Minas

Abstract

Introduction: Located in the region of Jequitinhonhas Valley, Serra Azul de Minas is majorly a rural town. The excess of weight exists in a large amount of this population, and it seems to be distributed equally between the urban area and the countryside. While analyzing the reality of a town that has little material resources, although excellent human ones, it is natural to conclude that a good strategy to cope with the obesity problem is to establish an operative group for intervention in this matter, through a partnership between Family Health Strategy Team (FHST) and Family Health Support Nucleus (HFSN), using safe and cheap technologies. Objective: Diminish obesity prevalence in Serra Azul de Minas trough teaching the Chinese body practices Qigong and Tai Ji. Methods: It was used the Situational Strategic Planning and bibliographic research, through the Information Centers Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) including MEDLINE, LILACS and SciELO - and Scholar Google. The following descriptors were chosen: obesity, Qigong and Tai Ji. It was selected the articles produced between the year 2000 and 2014. Intervention Proposal: Trying to incorporate the principals of integrality and transdisciplinary to the work process, it was chosen to prioritize integrative and complementary practices Qigong and Taiji Quan- as tools to treat these patients. Final Considerations: Obesity is a hard treating disease with high relapse rates. Options of treatment to help diet- therapy and program of exercise have precise indications and limited effects. Thus, a holistic approach will have more odds of success.