Public Health Clinic

---

• One in four children has vision problems
• One drink a day is healthy
• Prevent back pain 8 years

One in four children has vision problems Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:20 AM PST In fact, as explained by its president, Juan Carlos Martinez Moral, “nearly 30 percent of cases of school failure due to visual problems.” With the start of the course the eyes of the students’ work at full capacity “because they have to face several hours of daily classes, reading, studying, playing sports, extracurricular activities and homework, while at home after continue using the console or computer. This means that between 5 and 10 percent of preschoolers and 25 percent of schoolchildren have vision problems as nearsightedness, farsightedness, strabismus, and so on. The problem with these cases is that children rarely complain of vision problems, so that “sometimes it is difficult to detect.” “It is necessary to carry out visual checks and also assess the ability to understand,” says Martinez Morales, who recalls that “it is best to go to the optometrist consultation at least once a year, especially now at the beginning of school year. “ But apart from this annual review, offers parents and teachers to be aware of a number of symptoms of schoolchildren often indicate the presence of vision problems, such as frowning, squinting or turning the head and neck to look near or far. They should also note whether the child is irritating to the eyes when writing or reading, itchy and rubs her eyelids frequently, if often complains of headaches or trips with ease, due to the deficiency in the sense of depth.

One drink a day is healthy Posted: 04 Jan 2012 10:19 PM PST This follows from the results of a study led by Professor Qi Sun, Harvard School of Public Health, published this week the journal “PLoS Medicine”, thus suggesting that women alcohol consumption, regular and moderate alcohol during middle age (average age 58 years) is associated with good health in general, ie with no chronic diseases such as heart disease or diabetes, cognitive impairment or significant physical or mental health limitations when exceeding 70 years. The authors define this good health as “successful aging”. The authors use information on food questionnaires involving 121,700 registered nurses in the Study of Health in the U.S. Nurses (starting in 1976) to assess alcohol consumption nurses in middle age. Then, the authors included in their analysis the vast majority (98.1%) of participants who were not heavy drinkers, and examined the state of health in 13,984 women who spent 70 years. After discounting other factors like smoking, which can affect health, the authors found that women who drank between one third and one drink per day had a 20% higher chance of having a general good health when they are older compared with nondrinkers. In addition, women who drank this amount of alcohol regularly had better general health than occasional drinkers: women compared with nondrinkers, women who drank five or seven days a week had opportunity to have almost 50% more than good health in general, when they were older. The authors conclude that “these data suggest that regular moderate consumption of alcohol in midlife may be associated with modest improvement in overall health among women who survive to older ages.” According to the researchers, “Dietary Guidelines of the Department of Agriculture United States in 2010 included that moderate alcohol consumption – up to one drink per day for women and up to two for men – may provide health benefits. Our data support this recommendation and ensure the evidence that moderate alcohol consumption in middle age can benefit overall health at older ages. “

Prevent back pain 8 years Posted: 04 Jan 2012 05:18 PM PST Today, half of children and 69 percent of girls between 13 and 15 years has had back pain sometime in their life, which increases your risk of having a chronic or adult limitations. “You lose a lot of quality of life with these diseases”, notes the WTO president, Juan Jose Rodriguez Sendin, who recalls that “arise from simple reasons” but can be avoided with a “simple advice” from an early age. In fact, this year’s campaign focuses on children of 8 years using the “Back Comics,” a comic book that includes a few tips to prevent these diseases and prevent their recovery in the case of to appear. In addition, a study by the Kovacs Foundation has shown that its distribution in schools is an effective prevention measure, we propose that similar initiatives be distributed in schools. One of the main causes of these back pain is the weight of backpacks carried by school children, whose weight should never exceed 10 percent of their body weight. For Dr. Francisco Kovacs, president of the Foundation with the same name, a solution to reduce the weight of the load carrying schoolchildren and duration of transport would be the installation of lockers in the schools or the division into several volumes textbooks. BEST backpack with wheels Also warns that if the child has to bear the school material better a backpack with wheels and, if it’s tight, take it with both handles and subject so close to the body as possible with a belt, so that not wobble. Also, another key aspect is the physical activity and exercise training, “indispensable to the spine acquires its final form and with a positive effect for the prevention and treatment of back pain,” says Kovacs. In fact, remember that a sedentary lifestyle hinders normal bone growth of the spine, leads to loss of muscle strength and endurance and makes the back more vulnerable to overload. To avoid this, according to Rodriguez Sendin added, it is necessary “to get children to enjoy playing the sport they do in school” instead of choosing “the burger off the” Play Station “or watching television.”

You are subscribed to email updates from Public Health Clinic To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610

You Should Also CheckOut This Post