Abstract
This research is part of the global environment and recently Brazil, the increase in obesity as a result of new and worse habits. The Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares (POF) 2002-2003 raised the country has about 38.6 million people above the recommended weight, equivalent to 40.6% of its adult population. Of this total, 10.5 million are obese. With the alarming statistics of obesity, the…