We know that childhood obesity is one of the greatest evils of our time in developed societies, and many news in our blog talk about the problems that obesity brings to families, especially the smallest. Thao is a childhood obesity prevention program aimed at raising families' awareness about the importance of a healthy life.
Thao is a 4-year program that takes place in the field of Spanish municipalities, with continued actions to excite and mobilize all citizens towards a healthy lifestyle, following the trail, quite successful, of a similar program carried out in France. The main objectives of the Thao program are:
- Promote healthy eating habits, educating and familiarizing children in a playful way.
- Stimulate in children the habits of physical activity, not only sports, but also active games and playful and social participation.
- In addition, these objectives do not remain in theory, since it is also intended to conduct an annual evaluation of the results of these actions.
Teachers, school and municipal restaurants, media, medical professionals, merchants and all citizens with parents in front receive information on healthy nutritional aspects and advice for make good food reach everyone. So far, information campaigns have been carried out on fruit, water and beverages, farinaceous, and at this time there is an impact on seasonal fruits.
There are many Thao cities (or pilot cities) where the program works: Aranjuez, Castelldefels, San Juan de Aznalfarache, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Villanueva de la Cañada, Alaior, Badalona, Balaguer, Cubells, Las Cabezas de San Juan, Martorell, Montclar d'Urgell, Monzón, Penelles or Santiago de Compostela are some of them.
Since the Thao project website We can access a great section of ideas and games, where we find recipes, menus and "nutritional bow ties" to print, as well as check the agenda to see the next performances. An interesting idea without a doubt and to which we wish good results in the difficult task of raising awareness of the whole society against the problem of obesity. Hopefully it will soon be extended to new places.
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