Summary:
This ordinance establishes guidelines for health care aimed at preventing obesity and helping those who suffer it in Brazil.
Description:
This ordinance is to be implemented in all federal units, respecting the competences of the three levels of government: municipal, regional, and national (Article 1). For FULL purposes, the following are the key highlights of this regulation:
- It encourages the development of intersectoral strategies for the promotion, protection, and recovery of health when affected by obesity.
- It seeks to identify the main determining and conditioning factors that lead to this disease so the actions carried out are successful in addressing the issue.
This regulation is an outcome from the law on the Unified Health System [Sistema Único de Saúde] in Brazil.
A more recent ordinance on preventing obesity in Brazil has repealed this one. It redifines the guidelines for organizing the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity as a priority line of care within the Healthcare Network for People with Chronic Diseases.