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More than a hundred participants in the Conference on Prevention of Osteoporosis.
The initial estimates spoke of 72 people available to perform densitometry, a medical test designed to have a first diagnosis of the bone mass of the body.
But in the end, the figure was 106.
Alhameñas were 106, mainly because they were women who could be served in the House of Culture for a test and a bone density test that would determine their bone mineral density.
With this first activity some of the women studied were able to detect the need to perform further study to begin to prevent the consequences of the slow disease is osteoporosis.
The event, developed throughout Thursday November 4, had the interesting addition of a test of physics called Nordic Walking (Nordic Walking), something as simple as learning to walk with canes to distribute the workload in the different joints body.
With this sport gets put to work to 90% of the muscles while they relax the neck and neck, reduces stress, increases oxygen supply and optimize the work of the heart.
For two hours, specialized instructors explained this way of walking and walked inside the Park La Cubana with more than 20 people who had registered previously.
The day concluded with two presentations on awareness and prevention of osteoporosis and balanced nutrition as a resource to fight this disease, given by D.
Andrés Martínez-Almagro Andreo, Professor of Human Anatomy, and Ms.
Carolina Pérez Iglesias, Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, respectively.
The event was presented by the Mayor of Alhama, D.
José Espadas Lopez, and was well attended and participation.
The conference was organized by the Hispanic Foundation of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases (FHOEMO) and the city of Alhama de Murcia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia
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