Abstract
Objective: Through the bibliographic search on childhood obesity through school policies for healthy eating and health. Bibliographic review: It is well known that childhood obesity has become an increasingly serious problem in Brazil, since after the 1980s, access to unhealthy foods increased with the strengthening of Brazilian purchasing power. With this, the skyrocketing of diseases that are caused or aggravated by obesity, had an unprecedented rise and raised concerns for nutrition professionals among other health professionals. The search for solutions knocks the doors of schools, a place designed to promote scientific and basic knowledge, and which can become a strong ally in the fight to prevent future diseases through instructions on healthy and balanced food. Final considerations: It is understood, therefore, that the promotion of food health in schools through education, is the best way to guarantee positive results by combining health and education in combating childhood obesity and the diseases caused by it.