THE THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN FIGHTING CHILD OBESITY

Abstract

Childhood obesity is a worldwide problem, so it becomes emerging to emphasize the importance of physical activity in the fight against obesity, promoting the prevention of this problem. The objective of this study is to study prophylactic measures and map intervention to combat childhood obesity through physical activity. The study is a literature review with a qualitative approach. For the survey of the study, they  were selected  articles on the subject on the main indexed sites, Scielo, Periodic Capesand  academic Google, it was carried out a review of national and international scientific literature , using the following descriptors: childhood obesity, child physical activity, importance of good infant nutrition and the importance of physical activity in the fight against childhood obesity, grouped by the Boolean modulator ¨and¨. They were included the articles published in Portuguese, among the years 2018 to 2022, with availability of full text in electronic support for free, published in national journals, and literature review articles that diverged from the proposed theme were excluded. At the end of the searches, it contacted that it is necessary for the school and teachers to seek ways to prevent future harm to the child's health caused by obesity. According to the results of the research, it appears that in the childhood stage, children develop habits that can last for a lifetime.In this sense, it is extremely important to carry out a dietary monitoring of children, especially parents and teachers, in order to avoid future health problems and to develop physical activity from childhood to combat and prevent obesity.

Keywords: Obesity. Physical activity. Children's Physical Education