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On the occasion of the commemoration of World Heart Day, under the slogan "For a Happy Heart", will be carried out different activities and workshops in order to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
This initiative is organized by the Spanish Heart Foundation (FEC) with Murcia Society of Cardiology and the city of Murcia, with the support of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the collaboration of Murcia Health Service and the association ' All Heart of Murcia.
The Department of Health has identified obesity as the first public health problem in the municipality, as it reaches to 32% of children between 6 and 14 years and 50% of those over 50 years.
Transmit a warning to the cardiovascular health of Murcia is one of the objectives of holding Heart Week which is held in the city next week, and has been presented this morning by the Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara , and Dr. Domingo Pascual, a member of the Spanish Heart Foundation and president of the Society of Cardiology Murcia, with the presence of the Councillor for Social Welfare and Health, María del Carmen Pelegrin.
Organized by the City and the Spanish Heart Foundation (FEC), together with the Spanish Society of Cardiology (ESC), in collaboration with, among others, Murcia Health Service, the Rehabilitation Unit and Health Promotion Hospital Reina Sophia and All Heart Association Murcia, Heart Week is part of the different programs that the Department of Health promotes within the Comprehensive Plan Physical Activity and Nutrition, which last year won the 1st prize of the Ministry of Health and Spanish Agency for Food Safety the best program of Community action.
Under the slogan "For a Happy Heart" will be carried out different activities and workshops in order to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, as it has been shown that 80% of premature deaths are be prevented if these guidelines are met.
And is that a balanced diet, exercising regularly and leave the snuff would lower cardiovascular disease statistics very significantly.
Starting Monday all Murcia who wish may attend free various activities such as fitness classes, heart-healthy cooking workshops and conferences on cardiovascular diseases, all with the aim to raise awareness and encourage people to achieve and maintain habits healthy life.
In addition, Liberty Avenue will host on Wednesday and Thursday an area that will be tested cardiovascular risk measurement free (tension control, measuring body mass index, etc..).
Furthermore, also taught a CPR workshop for all attendees to learn what are the steps to save a life.
Heart Week will end on Friday with the conclusion of a panel discussion on prevention actors.
Healthy Lives
The Department of Health of the City of Murcia has identified obesity as the first public health problem in the municipality, and thus finds figures attending childhood obesity and overweight (6-14 years), located around 32%, well as 50% over 50 years.
To address this situation, the City offers various programs to population nutrition and exercise to help achieve citizens to adopt healthy lifestyles, primarily through eating and regular practice of physical activity.
Regarding the latter, it is worth noting that more than 100,000 people play sports in municipal facilities network, either through the various programs or through the facilities rental system.
The Plan unfolds through social centers, currently over 90 courses gerontogimnasia together more than 2,500 users-, women, education, municipal, health, and social dining and food delivery service.
Among the programs to promote physical activity include the Program 4/40, consisting of the creation of groups of citizens protected by a monitor for physical exercise (walking 4 days / 40 minutes) in their immediate environment (neighborhood or hamlet ).
They are currently running 12 groups (three in the urban districts and 9) with the participation of nearly 1,000 people / day Active Program, which provides physical exercise prescription by primary care physicians to patients than their pathologies requiring both medication and its corresponding physical activity or Patient School, which regulates the conduct of courses for groups with a profile of need to address the comprehensive management of obesity.
As for the food and nutrition program, the City encourages Food and Nutrition Workshops (aimed at primary and secondary associations of parents, elders and women), the program "Health and the Senses", aimed at groups of students, women and the elderly, including "Cooking without my parents," the Food and Nutrition counseling in school canteens Sensocole Program, which introduces the assessment of sensory perception in the development of menus, in addition to attention queries through the web page or email www.murciasalud.es alimentacionsalud@ayto-murcia.es.
These activities are complemented by awareness campaigns and distribution of materials throughout the year, especially around the 28th of May, National Nutrition Day.
For his part, Dr. Domingo Pascual said that "in cardiovascular disease, treatments are always late, and often are only palliative or ineffective", so it is essential that each person "take responsibility for their own prevention and of those around you. "
Hence the interest of Murcia Society of Cardiology Heart Week do to help citizens make responsible and proactive attitude.
Cardiovascular disease in Spain and Murcia
Currently, over 30% of deaths in Spain are due to cardiovascular diseases.
This is shown by the latest data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), in February 2013, which show that cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death.
Specifically, in the region of Murcia, three out of ten deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease, resulting in 31.56% of all deaths, a figure above the Spanish average.
Among cardiovascular diseases, the most prevalent in Spain are ischemic heart disease (leading cause of death in men) and cerebrovascular disease (in women).
Specifically, ischemic heart diseases (heart attack, angina, etc..) Returned to first place in number of deaths, with 34,837 (19,925 in men and 14,912 in women), followed by cerebrovascular 28,855 deaths (12,152 men and 16,703 women).
Heart failure, meanwhile, ranks as the fourth most common cause of death among the Spanish, with 17,089 deaths, after lung and bronchus, with 21,058 deaths.
Heart Week will be held simultaneously this year, besides in Murcia, in Alava, Alcala de Henares, Barcelona, ​​Bilbao, Gijon, Leon, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Santander, Sevilla, Valencia and Zaragoza, under the umbrella of the World Day Heart (Sunday 29 September).
This activity has the support of the strategic partners of the FEC, Coca-Cola Spain, Danone and Campofrío, entities that share its concern for cardiovascular health and promoting healthy lifestyle patterns.
Pay It Forward.
Make your heart for
Previously, during Heart Week, is conducting a solidarity movement consisting in small gestures to form a truly healthy chain of favors to people who matter most, in support of cardiovascular health.
With the "Pay It Forward, please make your heart" (www.cadenadecorazones.es), the FEC wants to get a general change in lifestyle by the sum of individual actions.
The axis on which turns the chain favors are: smoking cessation, anti sedentary and healthy eating.
Following the completion of each please, people will post it through www.fundaciondelcorazon.com website.
The sum total of cardio solidarity actions will be announced on World Heart Day.
Who recorded the video for heart and hang on Youtube (warning on Twitter with the hashtag # favorcorazon) may win a Samsung Galaxy Tab.
About the SEC and FEC
The Spanish Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the Spanish Heart Foundation (FEC) is one organization whose lifeblood is to ensure cardiovascular health of the population through clinical excellence and research as well as educational and informative.
Both entities have become the reference in the fight against cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in our country.The SEC has more than 4,000 partners, including related professional cardiologists cardiovascular disease, Spanish from the European, Latin American and International.
The FEC has over 4,000 members, among which are included the SEC cardiologists, cardiology nurses, patient associations, private entities and private partners.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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