Portal de Caravaca de la Cruz
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15.11.11.
Caravaca de la Cruz is one of the municipalities of the Region of Murcia where it will implement the Plan activities to increase sport and healthy lifestyles.
Through this initiative, promoted by the Ministry of Health and Social Policy, family doctors will prescribe for certain patients, aged between 30 and 65 years, the practice of exercise in order to improve their quality of life, awareness of the benefits of sport and avoid risky behaviors.
The Active Plan will be operational through the joint efforts of the Ministry of Health, the departments of Health and Sport of the City of Caravaca and physicians in primary care centers in the municipality.
In this way, they join forces and coordinate mechanisms between the various institutions to involve people in self-care and responsibility to one's health.
In relation to the active program, the councilman of Health, Maite Romero, has detailed that "will begin next January with the intention of promoting a healthy lifestyle that avoids problems that affect a significant portion of society, as is the case of inactivity, diabetes and obesity. "
"The doctors will prescribe for certain patients, physical exercise for three months and where possible we will make available sports facilities and the provision of municipal activities," stated the mayor.
In the Region of Murcia, according to latest figures published by the Survey of Health National Institute of Statistics, the percentage of overweight and obesity exceeds 60 percent and also Murcia 500,000 over 18 years does not do any exercise.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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