Obesidade em hipertensos e/ou diabéticos cadastrados na estratégia de saúde da família - proposta de intervenção

Abstract

Obesity is a chronic non-communicable disease, multifactorial, characterized by too much body fat as a result of prolonged imbalance between food intake and energy expenditure. Obesity is correlated with other metabolic diseases such as high blood pressure, cholesterol levels and blood triglycerides and insulin resistance. Among its causes are related biological, historical, ecological, economic, social, cultural and political factors. After observing the profile of morbidity of the territory's population Vila Sion II, in medical consultations, and also dialogue with the health team, it was possible to observe obesity as a significant health problem in the territory for its morbidity, impact on quality of life and for being an extremely related disease as a cause and aggravation of High Blood Pressure (HBP) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) After identifying this problem we conducted a study, which consisted of a literature review making use of books, articles and magazines arranged in the virtual library collection NESCON and a range of other bibliographies published in the databases SciELO, MEDLINE and LILACS. In the second stage, was elaborated a project of intervention, in order to act on the critical nodes across projects:"Academy on the street”, "More health" and "Mental Health". The clinical follow-up of this disease allows for disease prevention and clinical complications, so the proposed action plan aims to identify and classify the obese patients in the territory who have comorbid the DM and HBP to perform activities that enhance the quality of these individuals and promote the control of these diseases.