Cardiovascular diseases are responsible for most contemporary morbidity and mortality. In Brazil, data show growth in indicators with a great socioeconomic impact. Risk factors such as altered lipids, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, dietary errors, psychosocial factors, and physical inactivity are responsible for most of the risk of myocardial infarction worldwide in both sexes and at all ages in all regions, as was well demonstrated in the INTERHEART Study. […]