Promotion of healthy lifestyle in Nizhnekamsk municipal district
Several sports events for children – clients of the Social Assistance Centre for Family and Children were organized last week in Nizhnekamsk municipal district by specialists in social work and activists of local volunteers’ division. The events attracted mainly children from families at risk registered on social patronage.
According to specialists, sports events aimed at improving physical activity and nutritional habits in children. The physical activity component of the program emphasized cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular strength, and bone development through running, yoga, jumping, and strength exercises. All activities were individualized and noncompetitive.
It is well-known that children who participate in regular fitness activities, be it in a structured exercise curriculum of an indoor gym program, or as a member of a sports team, acquire the skills, confidence and positive self-image needed to become healthy young adults.