(ANSAmed) – MILAN 4 DEC – After physical exertion is useful to take a cold shower? Low values ??of cholesterol are always reassuring? Quitting smoking makes you fat? The answers to the many questions on the welfare arrive today with ‘All in shape’, the first book published, with Giunti Editore, from ‘The picture of health’ (ilritrattodellasalute.org), the first Italian project dedicated to the prevention of disease by lifestyle healthy.
The book, which contains 320 ‘true-false’ on sports, psycho-physical equilibrium, small disturbances, sexuality, and much more is on sale (€ 14.90) not only in bookstores, but also in the more than 500 pharmacies affiliated with the network ‘Apoteca Nature’.
”, 80% of cases of cardiovascular disease and diabetes can be prevented by changing lifestyle, as well as 40% of cancer – said prof. Sergio Pecorelli, President of Foundation Healthy, scientific coordinator of the whole project -. It ‘absolutely necessary financial and human resources and then move from treatment of disease to prevention, by educating citizens to safeguard their own health.”
Through the portal and the book,” we teach people to feed in a healthy and balanced – continues Pecorelli – practicing exercise properly and regularly, avoiding exposure to harmful substances in the body, such as smoking and alcohol.” And if many will follow these recommendations,” we will have people in the form and we will save huge sums of public money, helping to safeguard the sustainability of the National Health Service.” The book of 256 pages – which the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the CONI and the ‘dot’ of the main Italian scientific societies – precedes a series of four other books, also published by Giunti, due out in March 2014. (ANSA).
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