The Ministry of Health on the occasion of the Pancyprian Nutrition Day with the theme: "Obesity Bullying", stresses that body image related bullying should be avoided, and that acceptance of diversity is important. The aim of the Pancyprian Nutrition Day is to promote healthy eating, as well as the prevention and treatment of serious nutritional health problems through the integration of proper and balanced nutrition, thus preventing diseases and promoting both our physical and mental health.
Childhood obesity is the most important Public Health problem for Cyprus.
Childhood obesity is the most important Public Health problem for Cyprus. The Ministry of Health, through a number of actions, is intensifying its efforts to tackle the problem by implementing the COSI programme and obesity data platform implemented in primary schools to determine the physical condition of children. It has also established the interactive educational programme "Be a Health Ambassador" for primary school children with lectures, cooking presentation, positive energy exercises and games, as well as the online game "Eat 5 fruits and vegetables every day", which will be implemented as an application on mobile phones.
The Ministry of Health has established the Quality of Life Committee which deals with quality of life issues such as healthy eating, exercise, healthy ageing, avoiding addictive substances, reducing childhood obesity, promoting exercise prescription, etc.The message of the Pancyprian Nutrition Day 2022 coincides with the message of this year's World Obesity Day "Everybody Needs to Act", both on a national and personal level, to raise public awareness of obesity scares and prevention.
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