A INFLUÊNCIA DAS BRINCADEIRAS MODERNAS NO DESENVOLVIMENTO DA OBESIDADE INFANTIL

Abstract

This research aims to reflect on modern games and what they represent for children's health. It is intended to show the importance of physical activities that are often being replaced by television programs, games, video games, and others. The research emphasizes the great influence that the media has on students. Thus, the school must be attentive and seek new pedagogical strategies, seeking to encourage children to participate in games and games, understanding that movement and personal contact, unlike computerized toys, are important for health. Physical Education teachers must be aware of what happens in the modern world, so that they can teach children to make a critical reading of what is exposed to them and, at the same time, encouraging games. The research presents some considerations about modern games, the importance of playing, positive and negative aspects of modern games, Physical Education at school, contents covered in Physical Education classes, motor assessment in schools, childhood obesity, risks of childhood obesity, the place of the obese body at school and the inclusion of different corporeality.