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The mayor of Jumilla, Juana Guardiola, the general director of Public Health, José Carlos Vicente, the councilor of Health, Lucía Jiménez, and the coordinator of the School of Health, José Ángel Sánchez, presented this morning the Active Families Program, which born in the environment of the Active Program, already established for years in the municipality.
The Active Families Program is a health strategy focused on families with children, whose ages are between 6 and 11 years, with sedentary habits and / or showing signs of overweight or obesity that may lead to the appearance of diseases in the future Chronicles.
It will be introduced in schools.
From the Health Center will visit the selected educational centers to inform the management, teachers and AMPA of the existence of the program and its operation.
The program will last 8 months parallel to the school year.
The first phase will be carried out until the end of February, through a physical exercise program, two hours a week, taught by graduates in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences in facilities provided by the City of Jumilla.
During the month of March the progressive transit of the children will be prepared so that after Holy Week they can be incorporated to municipal sports activities.
The City Council will inform the children (families) of the activities that may be incorporated at the end of this phase and facilitate this incorporation.
From this moment the development of the program becomes entirely dependent on the City Council (phase 3).
An adult of the family will be invited to go with his son to do physical exercise, at least one day a week, as well as to the complementary activities that are organized (lectures on nutrition, cooking workshops ...).
The collaboration and involvement of parents in the program is important to achieve the change towards healthy habits in the family.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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