Presentation
José da Rocha Carvalheiro, Moisés Goldbaum
Editorial
Gulnar Azevedo e Silva Mendonça
The Role of Epidemiology in the Development of the National
Health System in Brazil: Background, Foundation and Prospects
Mauricio L. Barreto
Upstream approaches to reducing socioeconomic inequalities
in health
George A. Kaplan
Epidemiology, health promotion and the risk paradox
José Ricardo de Carvalho Mesquita Ayres
Interdisciplinarity and health promotion: the role of anthropology.
Some simple ideas based on African and Brazilian experiences
Claude Raynaut
Critical evaluation of recommended energy intake
Rosely Sichieri
Sources of inadequacy of the international recommendations
on human energy requirements for the Brazilian population
Mauricio Teixeira Leite de Vasconcellos
Indicators: how much complexity is desirable?
Philip Musgrove
A critical assessment of the compound rate for evaluating
health systems around the world
Joaquim G. Valente
Splendor and misery of Epidemiology for the evaluation of
health promotion
Louise Potvin, Patrick Chabot
