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Township Cotillas Towers has started a pilot program called "Active Families", which aims to fight childhood obesity through exercise prescription from pediatricians and family physicians.
This project is developed in a multidisciplinary way from the departments of Health and Sports, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of the regional government.
The main purpose of this free proposal, which takes place in family, is prevention.
Once in the program, the children go to municipal facilities where-under the supervision and care appointment of a special sports instructor are introduced in a playful way in sports, while social skills are enhanced.
Families are also part of the program, participating actively in their own practices through educational sessions and talks.
Healthy habits
The main objective of the program is to educate and form healthy habits by promoting physical exercise as children and adults who do not practice usually have greater risk of disease.
Therefore, children will take part in the sessions five days a week (Monday to Friday), in the mornings (from 9:30 to 13:30 hours), combining different sports and aquatic practices aimed at awakening their interest physical and sports activities.
On the other hand, parents with their children perform physical exercise two days a week and attend educational sessions addressing healthy eating, family conflict resolution, healthy exercise and school parents.
This initiative is continuing in the city of "Active Program", which since October 2012 has the same objective in older age groups with cardiovascular risk factors, chronic diseases, etc.
By now, more than 300 citizens have benefited from these sessions of physical activity and from the Torreño is hoped that the "Active Families" have the same success.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas
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