Population aging is a global phenomenon. This transition is occurring faster in developing countries and it comes with epidemiological changes. Very complex changes have been observed in health-disease models and are currently experiencing a high prevalence of chronic noncommunicable diseases ( NCDs) [1]. NCDs represent one of the biggest threats to health and development worldwide (representing 71% of causes of death), especially in developing countries such as Brazil (representing 74% of causes of death) [2-4]. The trend of population aging requires the broad and diverse management of NCDs [5]. Therefore, public policies have been invested to support actions to change the lifestyle of the population [6]. In the Brazilian context, most of these actions are a set of educational activities and programs implemented by the Unified Health System (SUS) [7] directed to promoting physical activity and healthy eating [8-10].
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