The process of modification of eating habits is
complex, even more thanks to the current lifestyle,
and there is a need to draw up strategies together
with the patient, so that he or she may be able to
understand the need and the importance of addressing
this problem. With this goal in mind, some years
ago an Infant Obesity Centre (Centro de Obesidade
Infantil – COI) was implemented in Campina Grande,
State of Para.ba, Brazil; this unit is now a reference
benchmark in the treatment of obesity in this city, where
the person who has signed up to participate is seen to by
a multidisciplinar team which seeks to change the habits
of the individual and also of his or her family(5).