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The Governing Board has given its approval to the award of the Service for the realization of the program for the promotion of physical activity, groups 4-40 and revitalization of the biosaludable parks of Murcia.
The main novelty is that with this new contract specific courses will be held to teach the elderly to correctly use the gerontogimnasia devices, which are located in the parks of the municipality, in order to avoid possible injuries.
This program aims to promote the acquisition of healthy habits in the sedentary population of the municipality by encouraging the regular practice of physical activity to improve their health and well-being.
It is an initiative that is framed in a strategy of health promotion from a community perspective, integrated by several projects: the project of groups 4/40 and the dynamization of the biosaludables parks of the municipality, a novelty that is included in this contract .
In the project of groups 4-40, the fundamental objective is to promote the regular practice of moderate physical activity through the constitution and dynamization of groups of adults who are called to walk four days a week, for forty minutes a day, by routes designed in the environment close to your home.
The groups 4-40 were launched in 2008 and consists of the constitution of groups of groups of adults who are called to walk briskly for four days a week.
Until last 2017 a total of 22 groups have been created, with 1,600 registered people and 600 people who go out to walk daily distributed in the 22 districts and districts of the municipality accompanied one day a week by a professional specialist in physical activity and sport.
The service has been awarded to Local Initiatives with an investment of 148,061 euros and for a period of two years
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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