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Students and professionals in the field of health and sports, the latter at national and international level, meet today and tomorrow at the UCAM to attend the First International Congress on prescription and programming of sport and exercise in chronic disease organized by the International Chair of Sports Medicine of the Catholic University of Murcia, together with the Spanish Society of Sports Medicine.
"The use of exercise for the prevention and management of chronic disease is an aspect of medicine of capital importance at this time, but that will also gradually increase in a few years," said Pedro Manonelles, president of Congress organizing committee and director of the International Chair of Sports Medicine of the UCAM.
For the doctor, in current medicine it is of paramount importance to exercise for the prevention of chronic disease.
The inaugural lecture was given by Antonio Campos, deputy general director of the Spanish Agency for the Protection of Health in Sports, who attended the congress on behalf of the Higher Sports Council.
During his speech he highlighted the current need to encourage the practice of physical exercise in the population and fight against sedentary lifestyle.
In this regard has indicated that more than half of the population is not doing any physical exercise, and has said that according to the latest studies at European and global level "there is a bipolarity.There are people who are doing a lot of physical exercise and another part that does nothing".
On the relationship between sport and chronic disease, Campos pointed out that "WHO supports multisectoral and efficient work in favor of the positive effects that sport brings".
José Meca, director of the International Chair of Clinical Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis of the UCAM, who has affirmed that a well-directed physical exercise has great benefits "is scientifically proven", has also participated in the morning session.
At the table he was also accompanied by María Mendoza García, graduated in Law and Business Administration.
Source: UCAM
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