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To curb overweight, government MG vai pay for youth academy

19/03/2013

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Project aims to meet 10 thousand to 14 thousand people between 15 and 19 years.
Academies will receive R$ 50 per student frequently.

"About 15% of adolescents between 10 and 19 years, served in 2012 were overweight"
Daniela Souzalima Campos, director of SES 

From April, young miners who are overweight may have a physical activity funded by the government. Managed by the State Department of Health (SES) in partnership with the State Secretariat for Youth and Sport (Seej), the project "Generation Health", a kind of "gym-bag" or benefit in this first year, between 10 000 and 14 000 adolescents in Minas Gerais.

According to the director of Health Promotion and Disease Transmitted no SES, Souzalima Daniela Campos, worrisome data led to the creation of the program. "One of the reasons was that we currently have in the state of Minas Gerais a considerable number of young overweight. About 15% of adolescents between 10 and 19 years, who were seen in 2012 in basic health units and the Family Health Program (PSF) were overweight, "points.

She explains that the project aims to provide quality of life for young people, besides consolidating healthy lifestyle habits. According Souzalima Daniela Campos, the focus of "Generation Health" is the age group between 15 and 19 years.

In practice
The "gym-bag" will be offered to young people served by the Family Health Program (PSF) and overweight have featured the team of professionals. After being referred to a gym, they undergo a physical assessment, which will point the physical activities most suitable for each case.

According to Undersecretary of State for Sport, Adenilson Idalino de Sousa, youths may enjoy varied activities, in Minino, three times per week and a maximum of five. The minimum frequency of 75%, verified by a biometric system, which is mandatory for project participants continue to receive the benefit. Young people will also be accompanied by psychologists and nutritionists and will undergo periodic reevaluations.

For each student frequent the academies receive per month, the value of R$ 50. According to Daniela Souzalima Campospayment will be made directly to merchants. The government made by the government in 2013 is more than R$ 10.1 million.

Until this Wednesday (13), 82 academies had already been approved to meet participants' Generation Health. " However, only 38 of the 853 municipalities miners appear on the list of cities that have joined the project. Belo Horizonte, for example, the city with the highest number of inhabitants of the state, was still out. According to Sousa, the project was presented to the Secretary of Health of the capital, Marcelo Teixeira, who, according to the secretary, has expressed interest in joining the program. In a statement, the City Department of Health reported that the bid for accession is still under review.

Undersecretary highlights the pioneering nature of the project to unite private and FHP teams.
"The end is not any work, is the practice of physical activity, adequate equipment for this practice, with appropriate professionals in the region where young lives," he explains.




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