Building training capacity for addressing the obesity epidemic in the Americas June 6th 2013

1. Building training capacity for addressing the obesity epidemic in the Americas June 6th 2013

2. Building strong post graduate nutrition programs: The case of Brazil Gilberto Kac 50.nutr@capes.gov.com.br gilberto.kac@gmail.com

3. Presentation outline • Obesity and overweight profile in Brazil • The role of CAPES and CNPq agencies • Important indicators of the Brazilian science • Building training capacity in nutrition/obesity

4. Part I Obesity and overweight profile in Brazil

5. BrazilianNutritionalScenario National surveys since (1970, 1980, 1990, 2003, 2006 & 2009) ENDEF 1974-75; PNSN 1989; PNDS 1996 e 2006; POF 2008-2009; VIGITEL 2006 a 2009.

6. Nutritional status – childrenunder 5 yearsDemographic Health Survey (DHS, 1996-2006)

7. Trendsofoverweight – childrenandadolescents(1974 – 2009) Adolescents Children 5 to 9 years boys girls boys girls boys girls boys girls boys girls boys girls Stunting Overweight Obesity Undernutrition Overweight Obesity

8. Trends of overweight and obesity among adults (1974 – 2009) Male Female Male Female Male Female Undernutrition Overweight Obesity

9. Obesityandexcessiveweight (>= 18years)Vigitel 2006-2010. Excessiveweight: averagepopulationincrease 1.08%/yr Obesity: averagepopulationincrease 0.72%/yr

10. Prevalenceofoverweightandobesity – beneficiariesfrom “Bolsa Família” Braziliancashtransferprogram (Brasil - SISVAN, 2010) female female girls boys girls boys Under 5 years 5 – 9 years adolescents adults overweight obesity

11. Part II The role of CAPES and CNPq agencies

12. Capes is a foundation linked to the Ministry of Education whose mission is to build capacity in higher education and support the training and development of teachers of Basic Education

13. Main actions/mission • Evaluation of the Brazilian Post Graduate system • Fostering human resources qualification of high level in Brazil and abroad • Initial and continuing training of Basic Education Teachers

14. Main actions/mission • Promotion of international scientific cooperation/internationalization • Access and dissemination of scientific information: Journals Portal

15. CNPq – National Council of scientific and technology development Mission: Focused on research and scientists funding • To promote the development of scientific and technologic research on all knowledge areas • To promote and foment technologic innovation

16. CNPq – National Council of scientific and technology development • To promote agreements, protocols, programs and interchange projects of technology among public and private, national and international institutions

17. Part III Important indicators of the Brazilian science

18. CAPES – Brazilian Coordination Body for the Training of University Level Personnel

19. Capes Geo system • Provides information on selected indicators year by year • http://geocapes.capes.gov.br/geocapesds/

20. Coordination of personnel for graduate studies – CAPES indicators • Number of post graduate scholarships (master and doctoral) • Number of post graduate programs • Number of professors of post graduate programs • Number of post graduate students

21. Concepts • A program includes both a master and a doctoral • A course includes only a master

30. CNPq – National Council of scientific and technology development

31. Brazil’s scientific trends 2% da prod. global 0,6% da prod. global Dados ISI Web of Science cu=Brazil AND Document Type=(Article)

32. Scientific Production 2010 All areas

33. Medicine 2010All categories

34. Scientific Production 2010 Parasitology Dentistry 6 34

35. Beauchesne scientific collaboration map

37. 11,4 mil doutores titulados em 2009 38,8 mil mestres* titulados em 2009 38,800 masters in 2009 11,4 mil Phd’s in 2009 Masters and PhD degrees granted by Brazilian institutions

38. 2002 2007 Investigators per million inhabitants Baseado em dados do UNESCO Report, 2010

39. A low researcher per labor force ratio

40. Scientific specialization, 2008

41. Phd frequency and and HDI. Brazilian states Dados de 2005

42. Part IV Building training capacity in nutrition

43. How to evaluate capacity building

44. Indicators and sources • Number of post graduate programs in nutrition in Brazil 1.1 how many we are (map) 1.2 how we are distributed across the country 2.1 CAPES thesis database 2.1.1 Number of thesis on obesity (1987-2012) 2.1.2 Number of thesis on childhood obesity (1987-2012)

45. Indicators/sources 2.1 CAPES thesis database 2.1.3 Number of dissertations on obesity (1987-2012) 2.1.4 Number of dissertations on childhood obesity (1987-2012) 3. Disciplines on obesity or correlated areas 4. Research lines and projects on obesity or correlated areas 5. Publications

46. Number of graduate programs in nutrition, how many we are and how we are distributed

47. Decade 70 – 1 Program UFPE (1971)

48. Decade 80 – 2 Programs UFPE (1971) UFRJ (1985)

49. Decade 90 – 5 programs UFPB (1995) UFPE (1971) USP (1991) UFRJ (1985) UNIFESP (1991)

50. Decade 2000 (until 2006) – 11 Programs UFRN (2001) UFPB (1995) UFPE (1971) UFAL (2005) UFBA (2005) UNB (2000) UFV (2001) USP (1991) UFRJ (1985) UNIFESP (1991) UFSC (2002)