The Provincial Health Authority of Messina has created an experimental project called “We put the third … moving age” with the aim of promoting the implementation of physical activity, healthy diet and correct lifestyles in the oldest population.
On the basis of some scientific evidence and with the aim of promoting the implementation of physical activity, healthy diet and correct lifestyles, the ASP of Messina has created an experimental project called “We put the third … age in motion”. The project was presented in the Asp conference room at Palazzo Geraci by the members of the strategic management of the ASP of Messina and by dr. Francesco Caronzolo Director of the complex structure Geriatricia – Long -term care of the Patti hospital. “The project – explains Caronzolo – will be widespread throughout the province and makes use of a multimodal approach to achieve and sensitize as many population as possible, in particular uses: health promotion commercials made in the local media and on social media (these are motivational commercials to sensitize the target population to undertake physical activity, healthy diet and correct lifestyles), dedicated content pills available on the company website and on social networks, Brochures to be spread widespread in the area (in the brochures as well as motivational phrases, the methods of carrying out physical activity and the basic principles of a healthy diet), posters distributed in the equipped hospital gyms, and conferences and meetings with schools to be built in the most populous cities in the province “are briefly explicitly explicitly explicitly.
“The need to promote physical activity, the healthy diet and correct lifestyles passes – adds Caronzolo – through dedicated spots and phrases, content on a scientific basis communicated in an easily understandable way and made usable by social and web, sharing with local institutions the intervention and involving the young people in the capacity of On October 2 (day dedicated to grandparents pursuant to law no. 159 of 31 July 2005) a crucial moment precisely because through secondary schools, young people are involved, so that they can not only participate in the conferences together with the grandparents, but above all they can represent a vehicle for disseminating the elderly and allow grandparents to take advantage of the contents, spots and pills available on the web, on social networks and on TV “. “Preventing diseases – concludes Caronzolo – and maintaining physical efficiency is possible, age well is a choice on which our quality of life and the future of our national health system depends. The progressive aging of our population is increasingly involving a renovation of the demographic composition by age classes, with a violent growth of the bands of age composed of elderly and a clear decrease of those composed of young people. In addition to modifying the demographic connotation of our country, it has determined, and more and more will determine in the near future, a remodeling of the social structure and the dynamics of interaction and intergenerational relationships by requiring not only a timely political intervention, but presenting itself as a bold challenge for the national health system that is forced to face a change of cultural paradigm with the need to guide your energies and attention, not only towards the care of the disease, not only towards the treatment of the disease, The prevention of the fragility of the elderly and the correct management of the disease, so that the diseases themselves do not quickly lead to a loss of autonomy and independence. The strategic direction of the ASP of Messina, composed of the general manager Giuseppe Cuccì, the administrative director Giancarlo Niutta and the health director Giuseppe Ranieri Trimarchi stressed: “From a health point of view, adapted physical activity and correct diet are powerful tools to reduce sarcopenia, risk of falls, cardiovascular and metabolic complications. The project provides for gradual and safe paths, with the involve multidisciplinary and the connection with general practitioners.