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On the occasion of the celebration of National Nutrition and World No Snuff, the council of the Municipality of Murcia Health, who heads María del Carmen Pelegrin, have scheduled a series of activities with workshops, information sessions and awareness and counseling to promote a healthy lifestyle.
This health campaign aims to combat the leading causes of premature mortality and preventable, obesity and smoking, and communicating to the public that health status has much to do with individual responsibility for their own decisions.
Treating these problems jointly enhance health outcomes, as it is acting on the main risk factors for chronic diseases more prevalent in society, such as: factors associated with poor nutrition (obesity, high cholesterol, low fruit consumption and vegetables and hypertension), lack of physical activity (sedentary), and snuff consumption.
These are three of the most important public health problems today.
In terms of life years lost, 9.6% are due to poor diet, physical inactivity and obesity, and 9% to smoking.
Activities will be carried out by health professionals with specific training in the art according to the following schedule:
Monday 28 May:
At 10:00 hours.
Workshop on Health and the Senses in the square of Supplies Veronicas: purchasing and cooking food culture classroom with students from 6th grade
Participation of the department of nutrition, food science and food technology at the University of Murcia in the development of a workshop of the senses.
Campaign information and advice from the National Nutrition Day "teach to eat is to teach grow."
With the participation of the Nutrition Unit of the Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, there will be basic anthropometry (BMI and perimeter cintrura), estimation of cardiovascular risk and metabolic and personalized recommendations, dissemination of information materials: brochures, guides, posters, etc. .
Distribution of fruit provided by Mercamurcia.
Tuesday May 29:
Presentation of the communication campaign: "Our Huerta: a legacy very healthy."
At 10 hours.
Workshop for Health and Food Supplies in the square Veronicas: purchasing and cooking food culture classroom attended by partners from two Social Centres for the Elderly guests: Vistalegre and The Arboleja.
This workshop will coincide with a presentation of the Unit of Nutrition and Dietetics General Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca.
Entitled How we feed our children-Cast provided by Mercamurcia fruit.
Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 May:
Stand in the ninth week of Healthy Habits General Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca.
Distribution of fruit provided by Mercamurcia.
Training session at the Center for Women "Orange Blossom" the Azacaya
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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