Analysis of the elaboration and proposal of a Brazilian intersectoral strategy for the prevention and care of childhood obesity
Gisele Ane Bortolini,
Tatiane Nunes Pereira,
Ariene Silva do Carmo
et al.
Abstract:The Brazilian Strategy for the Prevention and Care of Childhood Obesity (PROTEJA) aims to implement a set of actions to prevent obesity in Brazil. As such, this qualitative and descriptive documentary study presents the Strategy’s stages of the operational design, general proposal, evaluation and monitoring conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Health’s technical coordination. After analyzing the epidemiological data on children and the existing policies aimed at obesity prevention, and reviewing the scientif… Show more
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