MUN-SI

Do you want to be a MUN-SI Municipality? MUN-SI is a community based programme of health promotion for children, based on local policies, that offers an interactive response to the problem of childhood malnutrition (thinness and obesity).

Sign up for free! You only have to send an e-mail to: programamunsi@gmail.com. We offer nutrition and communication

internships for students and young graduates.

“Breakfast At My School” From January to March we have been at MUN-SI Oeiras schools promoting a healthy breakfast. We invited 1630 kids, from 69 classes and their families to prepare and eat an healthy breakfast at school. The aim of this activity was to teach how to prepare an healthy breakfast together as a family. Our breakfast consisted of cereals or bread, fruit and milk or yoghurt. As a reminder for parents, children made a bookmark to put on the fridge doors, with all the elements which should be present in this meal.

Promoting Physical activity

In March we have been again at MUN-SI Oeiras schools, but this time to promote physical activity with children. This intervention was developed by MUN-SI Team in collaboration with three interns from Metropolitan University College, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Every school in Oeiras was involved where a physical activity class was performed along with the explaination of the benefits of being active. During one hour, activities inlcuded: warm up, an obstacle course, play the “Mata” game and stretch along with meditation. Always with energy and good mood, everyone enjoyed the experience!

Watch the video at:

http://www.mun-si.com/galeria-de-

videos/?tubepress_video=PzJDVihUsF4&tubepress_page=1

A multicomponent and multi-stakeholder approach with SIX

main intervention areas at the MUNICIPALITY level:

Family Healthy Schools Awareness Active City Research Nutrition Training of Health and Education Professionals

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#100HealthyDays The project #100HealthyDays was launched on

MUN-SI Facebook in March and will continue for

100 days. The challenge is to educate in health,

food and nutrition, providing information along

with healthy recipes.

Keep up with us in these 100 days and put a

like on our Facebook

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Januray – March 2015

AMEA Project - “Alimente bem esta Família”

The AMEA Project will take place between June 2015 and June 2016 and intends to support families with low socioeconomic income with adolescents above 12 years old. AMEA is included in the activity plan of the European Project OPEN (EU funded), where MUN-SI is participating. Between January and March we selected 5 municipalities which will participate: Oeiras, Odivelas, Paredes, Figueira da Foz and Águeda. The kick off reunion was held in CEIDSS office, in March 31st, 2015.

The participating families will be identified by the municipalities and the programme will provide home visits by a nutritionist who will guide each family, for 6 months, in order to plan a health strategy to change their lifestyle. Nutritional status evaluation, individual counseling for malnutrition, diet planning for the entire family, visits to the supermarket for guidance on the acquisition of healthy food according to the family income, healthy cooking workshops with local Chefs and activities

directed to adolescents are the actions included in this intervention that we are going to announce soon (Facebook challenge).

“Eat Mediterranean” PROJECT – EEA Grants

CEIDSS is happy to announce the approval of the project “Eat Mediterranean” where it will participate as partner. The project is coordinated by the Regional Directorate of Lisbon and Tagus Valley (ARS Lisboa e Vale do Tejo) funded by the EEA Grants. The project is directed to all scholar communities from Santarém and Alpiarça, predicting the participation of 6000 children. This is a community based intervention programme with the aim of contributing to the reduction of nutritional inequalities in schools by promoting the Mediterranean diet. It follows the public health intervention strategy, recommended by World Health Organization, giving priority to school environment, based on the educational community and a network of partnerships.

EUROPEAN OBESITY CONGRESS (ECO) 2015

ECO2015, the 22nd European Congress for

Obesity, will take place in Prague, Czech

Republic from 6-9 May 2015. ECO 2015 is

hosted by EASO and the Czech Society

for the Study of Obesity (CSSO). CEIDSS will present

the study “Is Socioeconomic Status A Risk Factor For

Children´s Overweight And Obesity? - Mun-Si Portugal,

A Community Based Program” (presented by Ana Rito)

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MUN-SI SCIENTIFIC

XIV CONGRESSO DE NUTRIÇÃO E ALIMENTAÇÃO CEIDSS will be present at XVI Congress of Food and

Nutrition, which will take place in Lisbon. This

congress, hosted by Associação Portuguesa dos

Nutricionistas, will happen in May 21st and 22nd. Poster presentation: “Evaluation of Health Promotion

Projects at Local Level – Portuguese Healthy Cities Network” (presented by Rita Garcia and Emília Alves)

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