EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA ESCOLAR DIANTE DA EPIDEMIA DA OBESIDADE

Abstract

The present study aimed to contextualize the role of school Physical Education in the prevention and control of obesity, defining obesity in childhood, factors associated with classification and diagnostic criteria, and the influence of the Physical Education Teacher in combating childhood obesity, describing the health risks of obese children recommending and proposing action plans to combat obesity in order to diagnose the problems caused by childhood obesity, justifying an urgent future intervention to combat this epidemic. As a school subject, Physical Education should not abandon its concern with subsidizing and encouraging students to adopt active lifestyles. Therefore, the importance of the role of school physical education in preventing and controlling obesity in children and adolescents is justified because it is the discipline that provides the regular practice of physical activities, in addition to encouraging the adoption of other healthy lifestyle habits.