Improving eating habits and encourage regular practice of physical activity among residents of the municipality.
Those are the main objectives of the Week for the Prevention of Obesity "that the City of Las Torres de Cotillas-through the Department of Public Health, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and New Technologies, launched in the town on Monday April 20 and until May 2.
This program, framed in the "Strategy for Nutrition, Physical Activity and Prevention of Obesity (NAOS)," has already held some of their activities, such as cycle route on the morning of Sunday April 26 has been made.
With the title "Healthy Sunday, the activity for all ages has departed from the Esplanade and has Master Angel Palazón Butte recorridola Segura, an activity intended to make known routes where roads can be made small for our family garden.
Moreover, the last night of Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 April, the park "Paco Rabal" hosted a sports-which received majority support for women-to encourage the use of so-called "parks" cholesterol, with support from monitors people who go to local parks to walk and run.
For parents
Moreover, under this program a team of nutritionists has produced reports on the menus of all the municipal school feeding, providing recommendations for improvement and providing parents a guide menu for snacks and dinners (which are made out of high ) for 6 weeks, which includes list of ingredients to achieve the dishes.
Also being planned through the school AMPAS, meetings with parents of pupils which are examples of balanced menu for the school, valued by nutritionists, for 6 weeks.
They explain the importance of good nutrition to prevent future obesity and diseases resulting from poor nutrition.
In this line, we conduct surveys among students in Secondary 1, to regularly assess the dietary and physical activity of the population, and its evolution with the measures and programs developed.
As a complement to this program, the City Torreño planned acquisition of equipment for the construction of a "Healthy Park in the municipality.
Very overweight
Note that in the Spanish adult population (25-60 years), the obesity rate is 14.5% while the overweight rises to 38.5% 3.
That is, one of every two adults have a weight higher than recommended.
In addition, unhealthy diet and not practice regular physical activity are the main causes of major chronic diseases
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas