Event “Healthy Food: Cooking and Tasting of Ukrainian Borscht” at Kaisiadorys Youth Center “Mazgas”

Kaisiadorys District Municipality Public Health Bureau is implementing the project “Healthy and Smart Youth”. The aim of the project is to improve prevention and reduce health inequalities in Kaisiadorys municipality by helping health system and specialists of other sectors and young people to orientate themselves better in the variety of services provided and imporing access to health-firendly conditions for young people.

On April 1, the following event was held at Kaisiadorys Youth Center “Mazgas” according to the project algorithms: “Healthy Food: Cooking and Tasting of Ukrainian Borscht”.

Healthy nutrition must provide the human body with the nutrients it needs to stay healthy, feel good and have energy for physical activity. Healthy nutrition is important for everyone, but it is especially important for a growing organism.

Unhealthy nutrition and lack of physical activity are very common health risk factors for children and adolescents. They are identified from early childhood to adulthood. Unhealthy nutrition and lack of physical activity contribute to the development of overweight and obesity. Overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence usually persist into adulthood, with adverse health consequences, and obesity in children and adolescents remains an important public health problem.