The objective of this study was to outline the social-sanitary profile and the lifestyle of hypertense and/or diabetic people from the city of Texeiras- MG. Semi-structured household interviews were conducted with hypertensive and/or diabetic people randomly selected from the Family Health Program of the city of Teixeiras - MG. A total of 150 hypertensive (10% of the hypertensive population) and 30 diabetics (12.98% of the diabetic population) people were interviewed. There were a predominance of elder people (average age = 63.59 + 13.12 years old), mostly women (74.4%), with low literacy (40.9% of illiterates) and low income (average = 0.5 minimum wage). The treatment was basically the use of medication (96.6%), and there was a high prevalence of sedentary people (67.4%). Besides that, there was a daily high intake per capita of sugar (153g + 110.66g), salt (18 g + 21.26g) and oil (60 g + 43.23g) . The results of this study showed the importance of a multi-professional intervention by means of the Family Health Program with the objective of promoting the adoption of healthy habits and lifestyle in order to prevent complications of these morbidities, and to provide a better life quality to these people.
Lifestyle; Hypertension; Diabetes; Family health
