and Physical Education as prevention tool

Obesity is nothing but excessive accumulation of fat in the body that can lead to impairment of health. Over the past 20 years, the excess fat in children has increased dramatically due to bad eating habits by influence of media and social relations in which the child is inserted. Objective: verify how the media and social relationships influence the feeding of children and understand how physical education acts in the prevention of childhood obesity. Method: this study consisted of a literature review, conducted between April to July 2015, supported by books present in the Sudamerica College Library and selected scientific articles through search in the database of the journal capes, Scielo, Bireme and Pubmed. Results: we selected 111 articles in search of