List of abbreviations

ACP

Academias das Cidades de Pernambuco

AS

Academia da Saude

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

COTPA

The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act

FCTC

Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

GRADE

Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation

GRC

Guidelines Review Committee

GUIA

Guide for Useful Interventions for Physical Activity in Brazil and Latin America

HIC

High-income country

KDPP

The Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program

LMIC

Low- and middle-income country

MeSH

Medical subject heading

M-PACE

Method for Program Adaptation through Community Engagement

NCD

Noncommunicable disease

NPDCS

The National Programme for Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases and Stroke

PICO

Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome

PRISMA

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

T2DM

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

WHO

World Health Organization