PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN WHO PRIORITIES

THEORETICAL ESSAY BASED ON SOCIAL HEALTH DETERMINATION

Abstract

It is intended to discuss the international induction of physical activity promotion policies in Brazil, taking the WHO global action plan, More Active People for a Healthier World, as a guiding document, the Unified Health System as context, and the perspective of social determination of health as a theoretical foundation. We advocate displacing the physical inactivity of NCD combat to integrate physical activity with health promotion policies in Primary Care, taking chronic conditions as a mediation process. We recognize that the WHO guidelines have strong inducing power, but it does not guarantee results. Future studies may map how managers have complied with the WHO action plan, in view of the Brazilian health context.