Distance professional qualification to promote adequate and healthy eating: factors associated with dropout

Dropout was greater among nurses, professionals from the North and Northeast macroregions, those with a lower level of higher education, longer experience in the SUS, and among those who accessed the course mainly via cell phone or tablet, those who had previously participated in professional training on the theme and those who had not previously used the materials presented during the course. Changing these factors requires institutional support, with integration of the country's federative units, aiming to overcome local challenges faced by professionals in completing continuing education activities.