TY - JOUR
T1 - A critical review of obesity in healthcare systems in brazil and portugal
T2 - Pathways, guidelines and strategies
AU - da Costa, Luciane da Graça
AU - Barbosa, Adriana Aparecida de Oliveira
AU - Weber, Thabata Koester
AU - Correia, Flora
AU - Monteiro, Isabel
AU - de Oliveira, Maria Rita Marques
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 da Graça da Costa et al.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background: Obesity and its associated diseases in the 21st century has led to new public policies with international commitments. Objective: The objective of this review was to examine public initiatives and policies to tackle obesity in Brazil and Portugal over the past two decades, identifying frameworks, guidelines and strategic actions. Methods: Official documents Brazilian and Portuguese public health policies were analyzed for international guidelines from 1999 to 2019. The documents were organized and analyzed by date. Additionally, they were evaluated for frameworks and actions proposed for individuals, communities, and the population across all levels of healthcare. Conclusion: This study shows that Portugal and Brazil have taken different paths when it comes to the creation and implementation of their strategies to manage obesity. In Brazil, actions aimed at promoting healthy eating have been introduced to children and are implemented by many government agencies. Portugal, on the other hand, has provided greater access to individualized healthcare services and has involved different sectors in addressing these issues.
AB - Background: Obesity and its associated diseases in the 21st century has led to new public policies with international commitments. Objective: The objective of this review was to examine public initiatives and policies to tackle obesity in Brazil and Portugal over the past two decades, identifying frameworks, guidelines and strategic actions. Methods: Official documents Brazilian and Portuguese public health policies were analyzed for international guidelines from 1999 to 2019. The documents were organized and analyzed by date. Additionally, they were evaluated for frameworks and actions proposed for individuals, communities, and the population across all levels of healthcare. Conclusion: This study shows that Portugal and Brazil have taken different paths when it comes to the creation and implementation of their strategies to manage obesity. In Brazil, actions aimed at promoting healthy eating have been introduced to children and are implemented by many government agencies. Portugal, on the other hand, has provided greater access to individualized healthcare services and has involved different sectors in addressing these issues.
KW - Brazil
KW - Health care
KW - Health policy
KW - Healthy eating
KW - Overweight
KW - Portugal
KW - Primary health care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106902640&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2174/1874944502114010206
DO - 10.2174/1874944502114010206
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106902640
SN - 1874-9445
VL - 14
SP - 206
EP - 217
JO - Open Public Health Journal
JF - Open Public Health Journal
IS - 1
ER -