Smoking persists as an important public health problem. Brazil is considered an international reference, with tobacco control actions implemented four decades ago. This study seeks to carry out an assessment of the National Tobacco Control Policy fro...
There is a growing supply of fit/fitness foods and, in Brazil, there is still no regulation. The objective of this study was to identify and evaluate fit/fitness foods sold in Brazil, classify them according to their purpose and extent of processing ...
Abstract Brazilian legislation establishes that the federative allocation of financial resources should be based on the search for regional equity to overcome social inequalities. The objective of this study is the documentary analysis of the criter...
The objective of this article was to verify the association between domestic violence and obesity and malnutrition in elderly people in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Cross-sectional study evaluated in the EpiFloripa Elderly cohort in 2013/2...
Argumenta-se quanto à necessidade de questionar a adequação do conceito ‘pandemia’ para melhorar a resposta às emergências de saúde pública que o mundo irá enfrentar. Partindo da Covid-19 e não ignorando surtos anteriores (H1N1 in 2009, ...
The objective was to investigate the association between race/color and free time physical activity (FTPA) in Brazilians. The dependent variables were the recommended practice of FTPA and walking, resistance training and soccer as the main FTPA and t...
Quantitative, cross-sectional study, analyzing knowledge and performance in the care and control of leprosy in primary health care in Fortaleza. Among the 366 professionals (222 doctors and 144 dentists), the majority were public servants (n=191; 52....
Objective: to understand adolescence in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: study guided by Grounded Theory in the post-positivist aspect under the framework of Symbolic Interactionism. The theoretical sample consisted of 23 adolescents who...