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Going to the doctor and instead of prescribing drugs in sport and possible health centers of Cartagena.
Murcia Health Service and the City of Cartagen to have decided to implement the program Activ, prescription of therapeutic exercise, also in the port city.
With this initiative, aims to serve 1,500 people over 35 years with cardiovascular risk factors change their lifestyle for a healthier.
The program will be presented this morning the council of Health and Sports, Nicholas and Joseph à ngel Cabezos Bernal, Director General of Planning, Health and Pharmaceutical Management and Research J ose Antonio García Córdoba, the manager of the Health Area 2 Manuel à Angel Moreno Valero and the coordinator of strategic projects of the Directorate General of Planning, Asensio Lopez.
Active program is aimed at people between 35 and 65 with at least two cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, cholesterol, obesity or smoking.
The doctor will prescribe exercise for three months in city-owned sports facilities.
This is to ensure that once the program, the user can continue playing sports.
For 20 years we encourage people to exercise and improve your lifestyle, Asensio Lopez recalled.
However, the terrible results of that recommendation has forced health centers to take other measures to prevent their patients can result in other serious diseases.
The program starts running Active now in health centers in the municipality of Cartagena in the coming months and will extend to other municipalities that make up the Health Rhea II, such as La Union, Puerto de Mazarron and Fuente à lamo.
More S HALF of Cartagena, WITH OBESITY
60% of the Cartagena are obese. According to shuffle the area à Health II, most have over 40 years.
The project will reduce the number of Active patients can suffer a stroke or a heart attack.
Of that percentage said that men are slightly more obese than women.
Note that users who already have attended in other cities of Murcia, 58% are women and 42% men.
It is quite surprising because we thought they were going to use 80% women, has secured the area manager à Health II.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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