In recent decades, researchers have found important changes in the health pattern and food consumption of the Brazilian population. These changes have been associated with chronic non-communicable diseases, especially cardiovascular disease. The Global Burden of Disease Study (2019), which analyzed data on chronic non-communicable diseases in 204 countries and territories between 1990 and 2019, estimated that cardiovascular disease, which is attributable to modifiable risk factors such as cholesterol level, is the main health care burden worldwide. High LDL cholesterol and […]