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Santiago Felipe Gómez, program manager of the Gasol Foundation, has highlighted the importance of healthy eating and physical activity in childhood

Nutrition and the importance of rest have been some of the topics that have been addressed in the second day of the IV International Congress on Prevention of Sports Injuries that is being held at UCAM.

Many of the world's leading experts in the field have emphasized the need to plan well for the physical work of young people so as not to expose them to the danger of overtraining, which can lead to serious injuries.

In the context of nutrition and physical activity, Santiago Felipe Gómez, program manager of the Gasol Foundation, has warned about a problem characteristic of the so-called First World: "We are experiencing an epidemic of childhood obesity both here in Spain and in states We are summarized in four areas: food, physical activity, quality of rest and psychological factors. Within this complexity we know that the Results of the child obesity prevention programs that have been carried out have been very weak, so much research and innovation in this field is needed. "

The Gasol Foundation has already launched initiatives in Los Angeles and Badalona, ​​which encompass a series of community actions, but there are also aspects that can be taken care of from the family itself to combat childhood obesity: "You can take positive steps like an education Adequate to build limits from early childhood, eat as a family, reduce screen time and replace it with healthier activities, go to sleep earlier or take into account the well-being and anxiety levels of children because if they feel good will tend To take care of themselves, to eat healthier, to interact with other children and to rest better. "

Fabio Pigozzi, president of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), has directly addressed the issue of nutrition applied to young athletes highlighting some "common mistakes that are commonly made in the diet of children and adolescents: not having breakfast or Have little breakfast, eat little vegetables and fruit and eat many sugars and animal fats. "

In addition, it has highlighted the danger of some food supplements that in some cases are even contaminated by substances considered doping: "Of 634 supplements analyzed in a study, slightly more than 14% contained some doping substance."

To avoid the risk of involuntary 'doping' has recommended that in the case of consuming supplements, they are only those certified by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency).

Another intervention of the second day has been Nicolás Terrados, a professor at the University of Oviedo and the Olympic Center for Advanced Studies of the Spanish Olympic Committee, who has warned of the danger of overtraining: "It is important to quantify well the training loads Because if you train too much you run the risk of suffering an injury. "

He also warned of a common failure after performing physical activity "because it is common to recover taking glycogen and depending on the type of fatigue that has caused us physical exercise we may not need to take glycogen."

0.003% of children who play sports become professionals

Another intervention of the day was that of Jeff Mjaanes, from Northwestern University, who talked about the detection of sports talents in the United States, the patterns that continue in his country and the novelties that exist in this field.

He explained the peculiarities of the American sports system, with a great importance of the sport of high school and university (NCAA) but has remarcado a data that is similar in Europe: of the children that practice sport in 'High School' in States United States, 0.003% will become professionals.

Yannis Pitsiladis, anti-doping education

One of the speakers who has caused the greatest expectation is the British Yannis Pitsiladis of the University of Brighton, who is embarked on the project 'sub 2 hours marathon' with the aim of an athlete going down in the next two years In the marathon.

In his speech he talked about the fight against doping and commented that there are three basic pillars to achieve a clean sport: prevent doping with education, protect the clean sportsman and achieve maximum performance without doping.

He has also highlighted the great results of African athletes in the past Olympic Games recalling their unique genetic characteristics and the fact that since children have to run distances of about 20 kilometers every day to go to school.

Source: UCAM