In the third week of September two workshops on Healthy Eating and were held for 60 wives and mothers of the communities benefited by the Agricultural Diversification Project for economic development, food security and local supply in the Municipality of Miches, El Seibo Province. This project is led by Fundación Tropicalia, REDDOM and USAID, and works in the La Gina, La Culebra and La Mina communities.The content of these workshops included learning about the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables, how excessive consumption of salt and sugar can be harmful to your health, having a direct relationship with the development of diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Furthermore, emphasis was placed on the benefits of exercise and regular physical activity and how this can prevent disease while improving physical and emotional health.
September 22, 2012
Women in Miches Learn About Nutrition and Diet
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SOCIO-CULTURAL ADVOCACY
I'M A GIRL, I'M IMPORTANT
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