Overweight and obesity in school adolescents: a systematic review

Abstract

The objective of the study was to analyze the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school adolescents. It is a systematic review conducted in the BDENF, Lilacs and SciELO database, where 08 papers were analyzed, in Portuguese and Spanish languages from 2017 to 2019, in the thematic area of health and education. The results pointed to a picture of obesity and overweight of a significant portion of the schoolchildren surveyed, establishing the relationship between this situation and the prevalence and/or triggering of chronic non-communicable diseases, being more present in those who attend the educational environments of the public network. Thus, since the school environment is a privileged space for data collection and health intervention programs, it points to the need for preventive and health promotion measures, which aim to serve individuals and the family in an integral and continuous manner, through multisectoral actions.