A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
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Gláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira, Miguel Mendes, Marcus Vinícius Bolívar Malachias, João Morais, Osni Moreira Filho, [...]
Gláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira, Miguel Mendes, Marcus Vinícius Bolívar Malachias, João Morais, Osni Moreira Filho, [...]
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20170165
Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) goal to reduce mortality due to chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCD) by 2% per year requires a huge effort from countries.–This challenge for health professionals asks for a global political action on control of social measures, with cost-effective population interventions to reduce CNCD and their risk factors (RF). Health professionals should demand from their government the implementation of acceptable cost measures, such as tobacco cessation counseling, guidance on healthy feeding practices and need for regular […]
Keywords: Chronic Disease / mortality; Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries; Dyslipidemias; Hypertension / complications; Obesity