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"These workshop talks, with an approximate duration of two hours, will take place next Monday, December 16, at 4:30 p.m. in Almendricos and on Wednesday, December 18, at 8:30 p.m., in Aguaderas."
The Councilor for Health of the City of Lorca, José Ángel Ponce, has reported the start-up of a battery of workshops under the name of "How we have changed our food. Where are we headed".
Ponce has announced that "from the Department of Health of the City of Lorca we launch these workshops that will be taught by specialists in the field, nutritionists María del Carmen Méndez and Mercedes Sirvent, who will promote among the attendees the good eating habits that help decrease the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases. "
The Edil explained that "the workshops are indicated for the general population, for all those interested in improving personal and family food, aged 16 to 99 years, as well as any motivated person and wanting to learn in a fun and enjoyable way, able to take on challenges, try new foods, textures, colors and recipes that reinvent your kitchen to improve your diet ".
Ponce Díaz detailed that "these workshop talks, with an approximate duration of two hours, will take place in women's associations next Monday, December 16, at 4:30 p.m. in Almendricos and on Wednesday, December 18, at 20:30 hours, in Aguaderas. Also, in January we will continue giving these workshops in the women's centers of San Cristóbal and Zarzadilla de Totana. "
"With them we will learn to assess the nutritional quality of the products and will identify the most nutritionally adequate of those that are not to choose with criteria the options that interest you most. In addition, in the practical part, quick and healthy recipes will be developed as an alternative to excessive consumption of very caloric food during these Christmas dates and a healthy menu will be tasted, with seasonal ingredients and proximity as a tool to promote local products and contribute to the maintenance of local commerce, delivering the recipes of the Christmas menu made ".
The Councilor stressed that "the objectives we intend to achieve are the promotion, from the family level, of a healthy diet that contributes to improve the quality of life and reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Lorca population; provide knowledge and tools to perform healthy and sustainable choices when making food purchases and facilitating, through Food Education, the acquisition of healthy and sustainable habits that contribute to reducing the risk of developing diseases such as diabetes, dyslipidemias or arterial hypertension related to non-food healthy".
José Ángel Ponce has shown that "the World Health Organization, WHO, considers obesity as one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century and generates psychological complications, poor school performance, diabetes, hypertension, occurring every time more frequently at earlier ages and, therefore, prevention is the most viable option to stop this epidemic. "
The Mayor of Health has again stressed that "prevention is the most viable option to curb a worrying epidemic such as childhood obesity, being one of the fundamental pillars a proper diet, based on the majority consumption of fruits, vegetables and vegetables. "
Ponce has shown that "for this Government Team, our neighbors in neighborhoods and districts are equally important as those living in the urban area and with the aim of facilitating the arrival of training and preventive methods in this We offer them the workshops, under the name of 'How we have changed our diet. Where are we heading', for free. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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