Markus Vinicius Nahas

TL;DR: Gender, age, marital status, number of children, educational level and economic status were significantly associated with the prevalence of health risk behaviors and the observed association between gender and health risk behavior suggests that both sexes engage in risk behaviors.

TL;DR: Ateniese et al. as mentioned in this paper describe a Levantamentos epidemiologicos, Indicadores de saude, Fatores de risco, Tabagismo, Habitos alimentares.

TL;DR: The percentage of adolescents exposed to health risk behaviors was high, especially when simultaneous exposure to different behaviors was considered, and these results can contribute to developing health promotion campaigns for the school setting that are specifically aimed at the risk subgroups identified.

TL;DR: Couning for physical activity at community health centers is under-promoted, considering individual needs for healthy living, and there is a need to improve participation by health professionals from different fields to promote physical activity and other healthy behaviors.

TL;DR: The Saude na Boa study provides evidence that public high schools in Brazil represent an important environment for health promotion and its design and simple measurements increase the chances of it being sustained and disseminated to similar schools inBrazil.