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Prevention descended on the streets of one hundred Italian places: on July 2, 2018, the national holiday for the health and the Benessere in the cities were celebrated . The purpose of these initiatives was to promote healthier lifestyles, ranging from good nutrition to sports, to combat diseases such as diabetes and obesity.
"Color the health of your city"
This year's theme was "Color the health of your city". The initiative is promoted by Health City Institute and Cittadinanzattiva, under the patronage of the Ministry of Health, the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI) and the Istituto Superiore di Sanità
For the occasion in Rome, a more tense circular structure was set up, the "Circle of cities changing diabetes", devoted to the information and prevention of diabetes (type 2 , the food [VIDEO]).
During the press conference On the morning of July 2nd, Stefania Fortini, Deputy Director of the National Center for Visual Rehabilitation, spoke about Diabetic Retinopathy as the leading cause of blindness of working age (20-65 years) . In addition, the Hon. Roberto Pella (vice president of ANCI), pointing out that more and more people are living in urban centers and are more and more often "victims" of obesity . Andrea Lenzi (endocrinologist of the Sapienza University of Rome) said that "a health village that symbolically shares also" and "the human species has been built" for operate: sitting with a remote control in hand is not going well! "
So, any prevention strategy is important, even if you play a sport or at least move every day. For his part, the prof. Renato Lauro (Rector Emeritus of the University of Turin, Tor Vergata) pointed out the evolution of medicine: chronic diseases that can not be communicated (which is not contagious) represent the 39, one of the most important challenges of global health. Lauro spoke of the need for a "cultural revolution" both in terms of lifestyles and medical approach: chronic patients need to be supported by more specialists and prevention plays a role more important than in the past. However, concludes the rector emeritus, "medicine must always remain in the hands of doctors and can not be delegated to artificial intelligence." In addition, Antonio Gaudioso, general secretary of the non-profit organization Cittadinanzattiva stressed the need to act immediately by appropriate synergies.
Finally, some figures were "pitted": in Italy, a person dies of complications related to diabetes ; only in Lazio, it is estimated that more than 300,000 diabetics live, most in the metropolitan area of Rome.
For the most part, they are type 2 diabetics, while type 1 is less common and requires insulin administration [VIDEO].
The initiative, carried out in close collaboration with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness – IAPB Italia onlus, Health City Institute, Cittadinanzattiva, Italian Cia-Farmers, IBDO-Italian Barometer Diabetes Observatory, FederDiabete Lazio, FIDAL-Italian Federation of Athletics and Play4Sport. All of this is included in the International Cities Changing Diabetes Project.
Rome free-check-ups
As part of this initiative, Piazza S. Silvestro in Rome 2nd and 3rd in July, there were free eye exams onboard a hi-tech motorhome, a mobile ophthalmic unit from IAPB Italia onlus. Eye exams, which do not replace a full ocular examination (performed without pupillary dilation and can not be prescribed), last from 10 to 15 minutes and allow near and far visual acuity control. that ophthalmologist considers it appropriate – control of eye pressure (tonometry). It is a first level control, which eventually allows to obtain a diagnostic index allowing a further examination of the eyes and diagnostic tests to recommend. This is a non-profit service.
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