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The Councillor for Education and the City University of Lorca, José Joaquín Peñarrubia, has reported that the city council and the campus of Lorca will implement a Plan for Prevention of Childhood Obesity.
Peñarrubia has indicated that it is a project to 29 schools in our town, with a total of 1,080 students from 9 years of age who are 4 of Primary Education, that students will be subject to study.
The goal is to have an analysis that determined the situation today, in order to establish strategies to reduce obesity among children.
For proper implementation of the Plan provides children carve weigh, anthropometric measures (waist, hip), folds and estimated percentiles of pupils.
Since in Lorca, about 35% of primary school pupils are to eat in the cafeteria, and given that the school environment provides an extraordinary opportunity to further the acquisition of styles and healthy lifestyles, we set in our municipality, developing a state program, study and prevention of obesity.
The main objectives of the study will be to reduce the prevalence of obesity in children to improve long-term status of this problem in our community and improve the eating habits of our children returning to the culture of the Mediterranean diet as a basis for food.
They also encourage physical activity, decreasing sedentary lifestyle among children and recover the popular games of season (rope, rubber, cops and robbers, hiding, handkerchief ....) Which are also great for the prevention of osteoporosis and encourage sociability (children lock).
It seeks the involvement of families in combating childhood obesity
In a first phase, after examination and processing of data from each center, will provide a dossier that generally reflects the nutritional situation of students aged 9, and if the center was interested, would present the results publicly with parents and grandparents of children, and that given the incorporation of women working world many children eat with their grandmothers.
The data recorded for each child will be individually, back on the scale (so they can not make comparisons of any kind with respect to weight) in the school day and normal clothing or uniforms if ordinarily used .
Previously, parents were sent a letter to report the activity to be performed at the facility where your child is studying, adding the request for informed consent for the study and ensuring confidentiality of data.
At the same time, and completely private, each child will provide a report of their nutritional status with comments that we are warned at the information for their parents to be knowledgeable.
In a second stage, after statistical processing of all data from all schools in which we intervened in the municipality of Lorca, they will be given in a document to the University Campus of Lorca as an institution promoting the study.
We are aware of other interventions at school level in some schools in the municipality of Lorca, with the sole purpose of promoting the nutritional status and health of our children, our main differentiating feature compared to previous interventions developed, it is unconditional and nutritional monitoring free all the children and families, being aware of the support and advice can make to families with other cultures and culinary attractions because they come from other countries or families with low incomes or for children with broken homes.
More sport, less sedentary and balanced meals
The analysis raises is heading to determine the prevalence and overweight 9-year school to school in the town, making a cross-sectional anthropometric study early during the 2010-2011 academic year.
Also focuses on promoting cooperation in the education community and raising awareness of teachers, parents and the general public of the importance of a healthy diet and exercise habits in childhood.
The plan calls for providing a school lunch menus in energy requirements adjusted for age and sex, with percentages of macronutrients (protein, fat and carbohydrates) and micronutrients (minerals, vitamins) balanced, using as the Mediterranean diet and correcting some erroneous nutritional guidelines set up by the catering companies that supply schools.
Through this initiative seeks to know the dietary habits and physical activity, schoolchildren in the town of Lorca, and raising children the importance of a healthy diet and exercise and need to practice sport, teach them food and feed is not the same.
You will promote increased physical activity in children and adolescents both in and outside schools.
The centers that participate in this initiative are:
Ana Caicedo
San Fernando
San Jose
José Robles
Sacred Heart
San Cristobal
J.
González
Casa del Niño
A.
Soler García
Alfonso X
Pérez de Hita
Almendricos
Turret
Purias
Campillo
Virgen de las Huertas
Listening
Narciso Yepes
Villaespesa
Juan Navarro
La Campana
Petra Gonzalez
Z.
Ramos
S.
Juan
Ramonete
God M
San Francisco de Asis
Sun City
Pilar Soubrier
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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