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For the project, the University has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education
Researchers at the Catholic University of Murcia will carry out a study with the students of the first six courses of contemporary, classical and Spanish Dance Conservatory of Murcia to understand and evaluate their nutritional status, as well as providing recommendations for a improving their performance.
The research, which will last two years, will allow experts in nutrition diet UCAM regulate students if necessary, intervene and advise on nutrition.
"This group is very interesting nutritionally because kids are very young, in their teens is where it has higher energy needs," says the researcher at the Catholic University of Murcia and director of the study, Juana Morillas.
To this end, members of the research team conducted interviews and surveys of more than two hundred students of the Conservatory of Music of Murcia.
To start the project, the president of the UCAM, José Luis Mendoza, and the Minister of Education, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, have signed a cooperation agreement.
During the subsequent press conference, José Luis Mendoza has emphasized the requirement that keeps the University in teaching and research, emphasizing the voluntary participation of the Catholic University of Murcia in the pilot accreditation ANECA plan, which " has revealed the rigor and seriousness with which it works in the UCAM. We have welcomed the formation of the students are receiving and the atmosphere in the campus, "he said.
Meanwhile, Pedro Antonio Sánchez said that "in the UCAM Murcia has a fundamental and strategic piece.'s Good for the region that has an institution of higher education who reach this level, and also continue to initiate each day new projects and goals. "
He has also stated that "a responsible government should support initiatives like this that help to improve the reality of everyday life. If the region wants to be something else, can not do without the talent without the ongoing pursuit of excellence, and that is synonymous with open and internationalized as marking targets Catholic University Quality university system.'s regional government believes in this project and will continue by providing the way. "
Bet on sports
This research is part of the line of work that is developing UCAM in disciplines such as sports, health and nutrition.
Examples include the International Conference on Injury in Sport, held in March, the Sixteenth National Congress of Physical Therapy, to be held in May, the Fourth International Conference NSCA or the International Conference Cineantropometría with ISAK, which are dated for next summer.
Source: UCAM
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