Interferências da educação nutricional sobre a obesidade

Abstract

Obesity has grown rapidly by all the world and its the one of the main public health challenges in Brazil. This study aims to identify the possible interference of shares of nutrition education on obesity. It requires an integrative literature review, with literature search from the Virtual Health Library website, in the period 2004-2013, with descriptors was performed: Food and nutrition education and obesity. 14 articles were selected. In all studies nutrition education interfered with improvement in the condition of obesity and / or indices correlated to it. It highlights the importance of the relationship problem-based education andobesity, to avoid actions that transfer only, narrate or transmitting knowledge to students. Nutrition education affects positively on the behavior of people with obesity or pre-obese, through changes in lifestyle and consequent metabolic balance, reflecting in weight control and the morbidities of obesity, beyond to influence on reduction of costs of health care.