Abstract
The Brazilian population aging trend has led the health sector to focus on cardiovascular disorders, which are highly prevalent among elderlies. Dyslipidemias are among their factor risks and can be controlled with a healthy lifestyle. This study aimed at verifying changes in a group of elderlies’ lipid profile after carrying out activities incentivizing a healthy lifestyle. To reach the objectives, 7 activities were developed with an elderly group that take part in an extension project called ‘Sao Vicente: for a better quality of life’ (Sao Vicente: Para uma melhor qualidade de vida), with the purpose of stimulating healthy life habits and, thus, improve their lipid parameters. Before the interventions, the lipid values of the participants were investigated and compared with the values found after the activities had been completed. The results showed decrease in the values of high density lipoproteins and triglycerides, which led to the conclusion that the proposal of changes in the elderlies’ lifestyle can result in important changes in some lipoprotein classes.
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