Fome Zero, obesidade 50%, uma realidade assustadora

Abstract

Studies in Brazil show that approximately 8% of individuals are obese (BMI >30 and 40% are above their ideal weight (BMI >25). Some pathologies are directly influenced by the coexistence of obesity. This study performs a commented bibliographic review, consisting of a sample of the literature that approaches obesity/overweight among adults and elderly individuals diagnosed with High Blood Pressure (HBP) and Diabetes Mellitus type 2 (DM2). This study analyses the prevalence of overweight (BMI 25 kg/m2) and obesity (BMI 30kg/m2) among the population diagnosed with HBP and DM2. On SCIELO, 105 articles were found where 95 fulfilled initially the refining criteria. After the thorough reading of abstracts, 15 were selected. The prevalence of overweight reached an average of 47.6% and the obesity prevalence reached 14.13% among the general population. Among the individuals with HBP, the average was of 38.5% for overweight and 47.45% of obesity. Among the individuals with DM2, overweight average reached 8.6% and obesity average reached 16.88%. This studies the proposes a set of social and educational initiatives to be implemented in primary care clinic with the goal to revert the pattern of increasing obesity/overweight among the general population and specially among the individuals with HBP and DM2. Among such initiatives, the following are highlighted: meeting with family teams to set strategies and goals; educational activities, such as Health Gain Card and Good, Cheap, Healthy Food; gathering of professionals from different areas related to health and key individuals inside the community.