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For the second edition of the “Free Runners of Health” produced three commercials and a documentary dedicated to contraception, proper nutrition, the risks of noise pollution associated with the use of headphones, the use of the emergency room

Free Runners of health do not stop. For the second year in a row – after the success of the first edition – return to Turin commercials and documentaries made by the pupils of some schools. Young “athletes” urban at the end of a series of meetings with doctors have created a campaign to empower peers on key issues related to health. This year, three commercials and a documentary are dedicated to contraception and sexually transmitted diseases, proper nutrition, the risks of noise pollution associated with the use of headphones, the use (and abuse) of the emergency room.

The video will be presented tomorrow morning, Friday, at the grammar school Alfieri in Corso Dante, institute project leader wanted by the Health Education and Prevention.

In the content as technically, the three videos and documentaries were made entirely by students, with great care, even technique: will be screened in the auditorium of the high school teachers and classmates. Participate Professor Giancarlo Pecorari, director of the ENT Clinic of the ‘University of Turin, which has deepened with the boys one of the themes of the commercials, the dele-related diseases noise: “The continuous and protracted listening to music at high volumes, leads to deafness early – he explained to the boys -. Listen to music with the headphones at high intensity destroys certain cells in the inner ear. The result is a significant lowering of hearing already at 30 or 40 years of age. Even attendance at noisy places, first of all the disco, has a deleterious effect, as demonstrated by the fact that often, when you exit from these spaces, you will hear humming and even dizziness. ”

The campaign

Free Runners is a campaign for students who attend the third and fourth year of high school in Turin (16 -18 years). They have participated in more than a thousand, starting from

lectures in different schools by medical specialists

The 4 Video

“Turn the volume down

for your health and that of others”

A boy moves to the city … earphones on and music blaring. It impacts a person, someone spoke to him, many things happen around him, but he does not “see” because they do not hear. Finally he meets a girl, a friend, who manages to gain his attention, but he still does not hear.

“Who puts too loses. Moderation life = “

Dedicated to the issue of improper eating habits and the need to come to the realization that moderation is the way to achieve a healthy life. It focuses on a particular time of day of a teenager: the supermarket. A cart so overloaded with food to be stopped even at checkout.

“Be aware of your choices!”

How to protect your life from bugs which are crucial in life, as a unwanted pregnancy (the subject of the video), but also the contracting sexually transmitted diseases.

“First Aid: Instructions for Use”

This is a documentary made by using the data and the evidence provided by the Hospital St. Maurice of Turin. It is an excellent guide on when and why you need to go to the emergency room and, in contrast, on the mistaken use that citizens often make this property.