Difficulties faced by nurses in childhood obesity prevention: a review integrative

Abstract

Introduction: Obesity is currently being considered one of the major public health problems and has been steadily increasing among children. The nurse has a relevant role in the nutritional approach and in the monitoring of child growth and development. Objective: To describe the main difficulties of the nurse in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. Methodology: This is an integrative literature review. The databases MEDLINE, LILACS and BDENF were used. Indexed and available articles published between 2010 and 2019 in the English and Portuguese languages ​​were included. Articles not available in full text, which did not correspond to the theme in question, reviews, theses, dissertations and monographs were excluded. Results: Of 68 articles, only 07 articles corresponded to the proposed objective. It was found that the greatest difficulty in the child's nutritional approach is related to parents (71.4%) who do not consider overweight as an aggravating health. And regarding the monitoring of child growth and development, the greatest difficulty of the nurse (42.8%) is related to infrastructure problems to provide services and lack of equipment to provide care. Conclusion: It is necessary to create health strategies that involve parents and nurses in a dynamic and educational way to better understand the risk factors related to Childhood Obesity. It is also necessary, by the management of health services, to offer conditions for professionals to provide comprehensive care to children with quality and efficiency.