Resumen
Objective: To carry out a bibliographic review, focusing on childhood obesity and discuss the factors that influence children's lifestyle, such as audiovisual media, family relationships, schools and lack of physical activity. Methods: The articles were selected by the PubMed, Scielo, LILACS and Google Scholar databases and published between the years 2004 to 2019, using the descriptors "childhood obesity", "family", "school". Results: We found 315 articles, selected those published between 2010 and 2020, and 20 articles were used to compose this literature review. Among the 20 articles selected and analyzed, all represented the Brazilian scenario (national articles). Final considerations: The context in which the child is inserted, whether family, school or social, can promote a facilitating combination for the emergence of childhood obesity, which in turn contributes to the emergence of pathologies in adulthood. Therefore, changes in sedentary and pathogenic habits are necessary, based on psychoeducation.