Las creencias sobre obesidad de estudiantes de la educación general básica

Abstract

This paper is related to the beliefs of the children and their families' obesity. These beliefs are part of the main outcomes of a doctoral thesis, which used the qualitative perspective and ethnographic method. This research was carried out in a public, urban educational center of San José, Costa Rica. The main purpose was to understand in depth the development of the obesity in children. The research considered three contexts: family, school, and community. It is expected that this article offers theoretical and practical contributions to improve the understanding of the development of obesity in elementary school-aged children and the "praxis" of health-educational personnel in the prevention of it by means of the development of appropriate educational interventions.

Las creencias de la docente de educación física sobre la obesidad en la niñez de edad escolar

“…En las niñas, las creencias, además de las limitaciones que les otorgan por su condición de género en la práctica de la EF, se suman a la condición de obesidad; son, entonces, etiquetadas en su condición física como perezosas, lentas, indiferentes hacia la actividad física; y en su comportamiento social como delicadas "no les gusta ensuciarse", "creídas", "vanidosas" (Núñez-Rivas, 2007).…”