Students in 3 and 4 of Primary School "The Miracle" of the town participated in part of the program "Prevention of childhood obesity, which is developed by the Department of Health under the grant of Service grant from the Regional Training and Employment of the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment and co-financed by the European Social Fund.
During the development of the activity in this school, took the anthropometric measurements (weight, size ...) for students 3 and 4 of primary school, for the nutritionist at the Department of Health,
With this activity, and through surveys of children, as explained by the councilman of Health, Trini Cayuela, is trying to raise these children the importance of healthy eating habits at the same time it seeks to promote physical activity and the importance of our health.
These data will be used for the study of the anthropometric (weight, height, BMI ...) and nutrition of children in the locality, in order to establish if your current diet is correct to include these children age.
Among the activities being developed throughout this program, the mayor has reported that beginning in February will begin the second part of the program.
After conducting the study in children with the data obtained will begin activities with children in schools that have accepted the program and the city will offer the "Healthy Breakfast."
Finally, the council has stressed that the recruitment of the dietitian includes a temporary nine months so will be running until June 2009, being located at the Centre for Local Development, c / Gardens New, 5 in the polygon Industrial Totana (968425003 ask Dolores Carrasco), for any inquiry of any citizen wishing to conduct related to issues of healthy eating.
