Strengthen of Healthy Physical Activity
This project's parent organization is Medellin City Hall
It operates in Colombia
It uses Multiple sports
Entered the Sport for Health Award
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The lack of physical activity and inadequate lifestyles are they key factors associated with chronic non-transmissible illnesses, and have become a matter of public health.
According to the Municipal Health Plan 2012-2015 "Medellin, a health city" there is only a prevalence of 22% in the use of physical activity to reduce the risk of illness. The publication also states that 72% of the population don't consume fruits or vegetables with regularity in terms of tobacco, an investigation of the CES University in 2009 concluded that its consumption prevalence augmented from 23% in 2006 to 25.4% in 2009, but more worryingly the average age of first consumption was 12.5 years.
In order to address these problematic, the project was implemented to give to every citizen a free of charge and varied offer of Physical activity, which is orientated and adapted to the different population groups, with three sessions per week and offered in all urban and rural areas of Medellin.