Fri Dec 1, 1:15 PM Care & health
DIEMEN – Diemen is a JOGG municipality. With more than 200 participating municipalities, the JOGG movement stands for a ‘Healthy Youth, Healthy Future’. Together with various organizations and companies in Diemen, the municipality is working on a healthy living environment for children and young people from 0 to 23 years old. At home, in the neighborhood, at school, during their free time and work and digitally.
On Thursday, November 30, the Diemen JOGG partners met to make plans for the coming years for a healthy(r) living environment for the youth in Diemen. ‘What do we want to achieve together in the coming years, in every living environment of young people, to improve the health of young people in Diemen?’ This question was central during the meeting. The focus is on healthy eating, drinking water, enough exercise and good sleep.
The municipality of Diemen has drawn up concrete ambitions and goals together with various partners from Diemen, such as childcare and education, the Diemen Welfare Foundation and youth health care. “A healthy future starts with a healthy youth. That is what we stand for as a JOGG municipality,” said councilor Marian Everhardt of health and welfare. “Together with other organizations in Diemen, we make healthy normal. Not everything is new: the municipality of Diemen is already working on the health of children and young people in various ways. Consider sporting events and programs at school and childcare. We want to strengthen and supplement existing activities.”
An example: Healthy eating
The GGD’s health monitor (2017-2018) shows, among other things, that 21% of young people in Diemen are overweight. Compared to other municipalities in the region, young people in Diemen eat breakfast less often, eat fruit and vegetables less often and drink water less often. There is a health broker active in Diemen who helps the partners to organize a healthy offering together, Niels de Lugt. “For example, in all activities of the Welzijn Diemen Talent Factory, we make room for children and young people to discover healthy products. Every week we reach approximately 175 children from 0 to 12 years old. For the little ones from 0 to 6 years old, fruit and vegetables are part of the adventures of Ollie the elephant and Chatter Bear. At school we teach children to make healthier herbal lemonade themselves. They also learn how fresh herbs grow. In the popular after-school cooking workshop we include well-known A healthy living environment for youth.”
2023-12-01 12:15:00
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