Month: September 2011

The CECOVA advised that backpacks “do not exceed 15% of the weight of the student” and breakfast good to “guarantee optimal performance”

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el CECOVA advised that backpacks “ do not exceed 15% of the weight of the student ” and breakfast good for “ ensure optimal performance ”

recommends that minors “ decrease intake of fats and simple sugars, saturated, contained mainly in the pastry, the “ snacks ” and soft drinks ”

Valencia, 2011-September the Council of nursing of the Comunitat Valenciana (CECOVA), the Spanish scientific society of nursing school (SCE3) and the colleges of nursing in Valencia, Castellón and Alicante recommended today, before the next start of the school year, which “ fits the weight of the backpacks to the physical characteristics of the students to avoid the appearance of muscle injury by overload which can lead to degenerative diseases or crónicas adult ”. The weight of the backpacks “ should not exceed 15% of the student body weight and volume should not be larger than the back ”.

The President of the SCE3 and coordinator of work group of nurses in health school (ENSE) of the CECOVA in Alicante, sea Ortiz sailing, pointed out that the weight of the backpacks to “ adapted to the age and size of the child ” and whereas, therefore, ” is inadvisable to use the same backpacks for several years ”. Otherwise, Ortiz noted that minors “ can suffer from muscular problems or overloading ” and recalled that “ there are 60 per cent of schoolchildren has at some point because of back pain, among other factors, to the excessive weight of the backpacks ”.

In this regard, the President of the SCE3 recalled that more than half of school children aged between 13 and 15 suffer back problems. Addition, more than 40% of children under 11 years are also this type of pathology. Frequently the vertebral column in school age alterations are 24.9 per cent of the cases shortening of muscles isquiotibial (back of the thigh); ahead of the lordosis (increase of lumbar curvature), which accounted for 18.7%, and the presence of a scoliosis (9.3%).

The main causes of these disorders are inappropriate in the classroom furniture using it interchangeably children of different ages; excessive burden of school backpacks; and also by a high sedentary lifestyle and the paucity of practice of sports activities has increased in children in recent years by the use of television and video game consoles.

The recommendations of the CECOVA collected that backpacks should not exceed under any circumstances a higher weight to 10 or 15% of their body weight, so that children not should carry in their backpacks school material above that amount. In addition, “ is advisable to have strips that can fasten on the abdomen or chest so that more muscle groups are used to carry it ”. In addition, the materials should be placed “ correctly in the upper part of the back ” and “ is advisable that the backpacks are cushioned and placed on both shoulders, and not only one, and supported in the dorsal area, with not overly long straps ”.

Breakfast

In the same way, also included a number of tips to cope with energy back to the school, such as take a good breakfast “ for excellent school performance ”, for 8% of school children attend the school without having breakfast and only 26% performs a full breakfast. In this regard, Ortiz stressed that children who go to school without breakfast “ have a decrease of their physical ability, its resistance to the effort, your muscle strength and their learning capacities, which has resulted in a lower concentration and academic performance ”.

This fact also strikes, he said, that “ increasingly there are more cases of obesity in children taking a little breakfast or do not have ”. In the Comunitat Valenciana, 13,49% of children between 2 and 17 years presents overweight and 10.76% suffer from obesity, before which the nurse warned that breakfast “ is the most important meal of the day, it needs to provide 25% of daily calorie needs and must be composed of a dairycereals in any of its forms (bread, cookies, or breakfast cereals) and fruit ”.

Thus, to reduce these prevalences, Ortiz advised “ decrease intake of fats and simple sugars, saturated, contained mainly in the pastry, the “ snacks ” and soft drinks, following the recommendations of the Ministry on food in schools; and will resume healthy habits as the intake of the traditional sandwich accompanied by water and fruit for snack and lunch, of course, always adjusting the ration at the age of the school ”.
Finally, the President of the SCE3 recommended implementation underway school nursing service in all schools because “ increasingly places more students with chronic health problems and allergies that require care and administration of medication that are not currently receiving ” andon the other hand, recalled that the school nurses “ also encourage healthy habits of life through programs of education for health, such as healthy eating, hygiene and correct ergonomics, prevention of disorders of eating behavior, consumption and abuse of drugs or problems related to sexuality, among others ”.

Ortiz also noted that the nursing school “ is not a profile yet to develop, because it is already institutionalized in some private schools and foreign nature of our country, in specific public schools for special education and even in autonomous regions like MadridCastile – La Mancha or Castile – León, where there are school nurses in regular schools where integrated children with health problems ”.

“ Our priority objectives are to publicize the work developed by the school nurse, and so encourage you to visit the website www.sce3.com where is the professional profile of the school nurse and get in a medium-term the school nursing is introduced gradually, in the same way in all the autonomous communitiesin other words, implement the nursing school in all specific schools of special education and regular schools where integrated children with health problems ”, said Ortiz.

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Guarani in Brazil ask Shell to stop using their land for ethanol

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London, 6 sep (EFE).-A Guarani in Brazil tribe has demanded that the oil company Shell to stop using their land for the production of ethanol, it was reported today in a statement the Organization advocate for indigenous Survival International.

“Shell should leave our land, the company should stop using indigenous land. “We want justice, we want our land to be stroked and protected for us,” said Survival Ambrose Vihalva, a guaraní of the affected community.

According to the note of the Organization, Shell has joined the Brazilian company of ethanol thing in a joint venture called Raizen.

Part of Raizen, sold as a biofuel, ethanol is produced from sugarcane from the land of the Guarani.

In a letter sent to these companies, the tribe warns that, “since the factory began operations, our health has deteriorated, children, adults and animals”.

Apparently, the chemicals used in sugar cane plantations seem to cause diarrhea to Guarani children.

“We can no longer find many medicines which used to grow in the forest, the plants have been killed by the poison,” added the Guarani, claiming that they were never asked permission to use their land. EFE

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Ministers Mexico, Chile, Peru they participate in APEC Beijing Environment Forum

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Beijing, 6 sep (EFE).-representatives of the forest of Mexico, Chile and Peru ministries today opened in Beijing, the first meeting of the cooperation economic Asia Pacific (APEC) Forum on forestry sustainable development in the region of Asia Pacific.

The event, organized at the initiative of the Chinese Government, was inaugurated by President Hu Jintao, who pointed out that for the next decade his country expected to increase by 40 million hectares the total area of forests, in comparison with the increase that occurred in 2005.

Hu also mentioned that “China is ready to make new contributions to the Green sustainable growth and forestry cooperation in APEC has lot of potential”.

In addition, stressed that the Asia Pacific region has more than half of the forest area in the world and a unique and rich ecosystem.

The theme of the first session of the ministerial meeting which was attended by representatives of 21 countries members of APEC and other international organizations, was to “reinforce regional cooperation by a forest of green and sustainable growth development”, according to official Xinhua News Agency

Is expected at the end of the meeting ministerial morning ensuring publish a “forest Declaration in Beijing”, according to a spokesman for the Chinese Government.

In 2007, the leaders of APEC countries established the objective of increasing the region’s total forest area by 2020 at 20 million hectares

These countries have 53 percent of the world’s forests, 60 percent of the production of forest products and 80 percent of trade in these products.

China proposed to organize the first meeting of Ministers from APEC countries responsible for the environmental in the tenth portfolio eighth informal meeting of APEC held in Japan in 2010, leaders proposed that was greeted with approval by other countries member.

On December 20, 2006 the General Assembly of the Organization of the United Nations recognized that forests and sustainable forest management contribute significantly to the development and the eradication of poverty and declared the international year of Forests 2011. EFE

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Mexico, the largest consumer of soft drink in the world, with 40% more than the US

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Mexico, 5 sep (EFE).-Mexico is the largest consumer of soft drink in the world, with an intake by 40 per cent higher person to which is registered in United States, civil society organizations non-profit in the capital today alerted Mexican.

The average consumption per capita amounted to 163 litres per year, while its northern neighbour he barely surpasses 118, according to the results of investigations of the director of the Rudd Center for food policy and obesity of Yale University, Kelly Brownell, revealed in a press conference.

For this reason, these defenders of consumer associations demanded the Government imposition of a tax of 20 percent for soft, sugary juices and related high calorie drinks.

This tax proposal responds, according to Alejandro Calvillo, director of the power of the consumer BC, to the recommendations of international bodies on comprehensive policies to fight obesity, “these drinks are the main source of calories” in the country American.

Recalled that both the World Health Organization (who), the Organization for cooperation and economic development (OECD) and United Nations (UN) called on the Government to take action against this epidemic, but “have been ignored”.

Çalvillo also cited statements by Ángel Córdova, Secretary of health, who assured that the problem of obesity overwhelmed the response capacity of the public health system and is expected in six years will require $ 14 billion, the budget of this portfolio to cope.

A tax of this kind at the drinks “would cause a reduction in their consumption of 16 to 24 %”, it would be in a low calorie intake and improvement in the economy of the families, to “spend, mostly in soda in eggs, beans or omelette”, he said.

In addition, he raised that these resources could improve the health conditions of the population and have more State resources to address the consequences of health of the high intake of these products.

And as an example he cited the introduction of drinking troughs for drinking water free in schools and public spaces that would further reduce consumption indiscriminate of sodas, both in urban as rural.

“Our country has become a factory anemic and obese, because people with these habits passed from malnutrition to obesity to replace nutritional by soda drinks,” said Dolores Rojas, Coordinator of Oxfam Mexico.

Rojas added that its proposal is timely and concrete”, in order to bring drinking water to those who do not, on the eve of the definition in the Mexican Congress in next year’s budget.

According to the special United Nations Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, who last June made an official visit to Mexico, seven of every 10 Mexicans suffering from obesity. EFE

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Mexico, the largest consumer of soft drink in the world, according to civil society organizations

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Mexico, 5 sep (EFE).-Mexico is the largest consumer of soft drink in the world, with an intake by 40 per cent higher person to which is registered in United States, civil society organizations non-profit in the capital today alerted Mexican.

The average consumption per capita amounted to 163 litres per year, while its neighbor country barely exceeds the 118, according to the results of investigations of the director of the Rudd Center for food policy and obesity of Yale University, Kelly Brownell, revealed in a press conference.

For this reason, these defenders of consumer associations demanded the Government imposition of a tax of 20 percent for soft, sugary juices and related high calorie drinks.

This tax proposal responds, according to Alejandro Calvillo, director of the power of the consumer BC, to the recommendations of international bodies on comprehensive policies to fight obesity, “these drinks are the main source of calories” in the country American.

Recalled that both the World Health Organization (who), the Organization for cooperation and economic development (OECD) and United Nations (UN) called on the Government to take action against this epidemic, but “have been ignored”.

Çalvillo also cited statements by Ángel Córdova, Secretary of health, who assured that the problem of obesity overwhelmed the response capacity of the public health system and is expected in six years will require $ 14 billion, the budget of this portfolio to cope.

A tax of this kind at the drinks “would cause a reduction in their consumption of 16 to 24 %”, it would be in a low calorie intake and improvement in the economy of the families, to “spend, mostly in soda in eggs, beans or omelette”, he said.

In addition, he raised that these resources could improve the health conditions of the population and have more State resources to address the consequences of health of the high intake of these products.

And as an example he cited the introduction of drinking troughs for drinking water free in schools and public spaces that would further reduce consumption indiscriminate of sodas, both in urban as rural.

“Our country has become a factory anemic and obese, because people with these habits passed from malnutrition to obesity to replace nutritional by soda drinks,” said Dolores Rojas, Coordinator of Oxfam Mexico.

Rojas added that its proposal is timely and concrete”, in order to bring drinking water to those who do not, on the eve of the definition in the Mexican Congress in next year’s budget.

According to the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on the right to food, Olivier Schutter, who last June made an official visit to Mexico, seven of every 10 Mexicans suffering from obesity. EFE

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Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips

Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips