7 DECEMBER 2016

Schoolchildren of Ganja joined the"Healthy Nutrition" Forum, organized by the Public Health and Reforms Center (PHOTO)

On December 6, 2016, the Public Health and Reform Center of the Ministry of Health organized another Healthy Nutrition Forum. The forum, held with the support of the Ministry of Education, took place in secondary school No. 25 in Ganja, the European capital of youth-2016. The participants of the Forum, mainly students of three secondary schools in Ganja city (Nos. 25, 49, 44), were provided information about healthy nutrition, fast foods and saturated trans fatty acids, high-salt foods or sugar and their influence on the adolescent organism.

Opening the Forum, the head of the Department of Projects' Coordination of the PHRC, Dr Sabina Babazade told about the importance of healthy nutrition for the growing organism and the basic principles of a healthy lifestyle. Further, the employees of the Public Health and Reforms Center made presentations on the topics of "Healthy Nutrition Features", "Can you read labels on food products?", "Harmful Food", "The Importance of Vitamins and Minerals for a Teenage Body," "Physical Activity and a Young Organism."

In the end, the issues of interest to the Forum participants were discussed, and the thematic educational materials developed by the EPC were distributed.

Photos from the event can be found here .

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