ENVIRONMENT AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL B INDICATORS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS

Authors

  • Rosimeide Francisco Santos Legnani
  • Elto Legnani
  • Roseane de Fátima Guimarães
  • Maicon de Siqueira Bontorin
  • Flavia Fernanda Cunha Casamal

Keywords:

obesity, environment, childhood nutrition disorder,

Abstract

The obesity it's a degenerative chronic disease characterized by the excessive body fat mass and is associated with genetics and environmental factors. The aim of the study is to investigate the evidences presented in the literature about the role of the macro and micro environments in the obesity epidemic's actual context. For doing this review, published articles from 1989 to 2008 were studied, using electronic databases, national and international publications, which ones were talking about the following themes: overweight and obesity, and inter-relation between the macro and micro environment and childhood obesity prevalence. Confronting the evidences, to investigate the obesity it's necessary to go beyond the simple detection of prevalences. It's necessary to identify which are the principal factors that affect the obese subjects and propose some intervention models, especially in children and young people, before 10 years of age.

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Published

2011-01-13

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Section

TRABALHOS PUBLICADOS

How to Cite

ENVIRONMENT AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL B INDICATORS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS. (2011). Fiep Bulletin - Online, 81(1). https://ojs.fiepbulletin.net/fiepbulletin/article/view/453