[The review process of the National Health Promotion Policy: simultaneous multiple movements].

Public policy can be understood as the translation of government proposals and the aspirations of society. Driven by the advances and challenges of social transformation, the need for the coordination of agendas and limited social participation in the drafting of the 2006 National Health Promotion Policy (PNPS), the Ministry of Health and the Thematic Group on Health Promotion/Abrasco proposed the PNPS review. This article describes the steps in that process.

Factors associated with the feeding practices of the adult population of Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.

This cross-sectional study identified the factors associated with adult feeding practices in Goiânia, the capital of the state of Goiás, in the Midwestern region of Brazil, by means of telephone interviews with 2,002 adults (> 18 years old). Information about demographic aspects, lifestyle, nutritional status, and food consumption was collected, leading to a sum of healthy food choices. It was observed that men and women have an average of two healthy food choices and low frequency of fruit intake (5.

[School nutrition in 'quilombola' communities: challenges and opportunities].

The Brazilian School Nutrition Program (PNAE) is a Food and Nutritional Security (SAN) strategy for public school students. This article seeks to discuss the challenges and opportunities of school nutrition in 'quilombola'* communities and report on the experience of the Cooperation Center for Student Food and Nutrition of the Federal University of Goiás and the Midwest Region (CECANE UFG/ Centro-Oeste). It includes a report on the experience with the systematization on PNAE, SAN and other policies.

[Surveillance of risk factors for chronic diseases through telephone interviews: experience in Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil].

This study describes results from a surveillance system for risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases in 2005 in the city of Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil. A probabilistic sample (n = 2,002) of the adult population living in households with landline telephones was studied by phone interviews. Factors investigated were: food consumption, physical activity, smoking, alcohol intake, self-reported weight and height, and self-reported medical diagnosis of chronic non-communicable diseases.