Lions Club Ploiesti
14 Nov 2022
On November 14, 2022, where done the diabetes information campaign, organized for the children from VI and VII classes, Sf. Vasile School, Ploiesti. The purpose of the campaign was to educate students aged between 10 and 13 about: - risk factors in relation to diabetes (sedentary, unbalanced nutrition, obesity, stress); - recognizing the onset of the disease: excessive thirst, excessive urine, excessive hunger, weight loss. The children received information on the types of diabetes, symptoms, risk factors and prevention. The goal of the campaign is to promote a healthy lifestyle to prevent diabetes and control the disease if it is installed. The psychologist Iuliana Gheroghe, Lions Ploiesti Club collaborator, made a series of recommendations to the children regarding: - keeping a normal body weight; - daily movement (walking); - adopting a correct diet; - removing saturated fats from daily diet (by reducing meat consumption and replacing fish, replacing sunflower oil with olive oil, avoiding roasted food in oil); - eating fresh vegetables and fruits as well as whole grains (by replacing white bread with whole or rye bread, whole grains at the morning and evening meals, avoiding pasta, white pasta and reducing sweets and cakes, as well as sugar-sweetened soft drinks).
Organizator: Carmen Tache
District: District 124 Romania