Obesidade no Brasil: impacto nos aspectos econômicos e psicossociais do Poder Nacional

Abstract

This monograph deals with obesity, mainly child, as a factor of important impact on the economic and social aspects of National Power. It aims to clarify the diagnosis, the main complications, the most used treatments and to demonstrate the evolution of the incidence of obesity in Brazil, as well as the costs the country has with the treatment of this disease and, mainly, the complications secondary to being overweight . The applied methodology was an ample research bibliography that became theoretical reference for the realized analysis. There was focus on the psychosocial implications, with emphasis on childhood, identifying the negative aspects, as well as the significant elevation of costs. Among the main points discussed are epidemiological data, psychosocial changes and cost perspectives if there is no significant change in the evolution of the incidence of this disease. There is a need for effective state policies, which are actually implemented and with methods to control the results and readjustments in the conduits.