Different countries signed the 'Declaration Cacun' filed action against physical inactivity, overweight and obesity. Mexico, Spain, Chile, Cuba, Uruguay, Guatemala and Belize participated in the international forum 'Get the 100 on energy balance'. "Modify the prevalence of this pandemic" is one of the main objectives.
Representatives from several Latin American governments agreed on Friday during a forum in Mexico to implement policies for physical activity to curb the growing problem of obesity and overweight among the existing population. They undertook to study "the possibility of enhancing initiatives at the institutional level to prioritize activity and physical education" Delegates from Mexico, Spain, Chile, Cuba, Uruguay, Guatemala and Belize who participated in the "International Forum Ponte 100 on Energy Balance "signed the" Declaration of Cancun "after two days in which action against physical inactivity, overweight and obesity were presented.
This paper undertook to study "the possibility of promoting all initiatives at the institutional level that prioritize education and physical activity to prevent overweight and obesity." "Governments must play a leading role and director in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of inclusive, specific sectoral public policies and strategies in the medium and long term to allow provide the necessary tools to promote awareness and general knowledge about the adoption of healthy lifestyles, says the report. This is, he says, because they are "aware that physical inactivity plays a decisive role not only in the epidemic of overweight and obesity, but in all NCDs with impact on national economies in the educational systems and the public health systems.
"This paper was presented just before the close of this forum which lasted two days in the resort of Cancun and was attended by government representatives and institutional and specialists from around the world on the subject of obesity and overweight. director and Sports Medicine of the National organizing Committee of Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE), Juan Manuel Herrera, read the three conclusions of the event, one of which is adherence to that document. "We agree that only a unification of physical activity guidelines can orderly and methodological guidance changing the prevalence of this pandemic," said another of the conclusions.
And a third, that "all sectors must participate decisively in the national strategy against overweight, obesity and diabetes launched by President of the Republic, and is in this way that we can significantly reduce these health damages. "The forum was also organized by the Mexican Federation of Sports Medicine (GFMD) and had the support of the Mexican Secretariats of Health and Public Education, the Foundation's Health Movement and the Coca-Cola Foundation.
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