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Last month, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon launched the programme "For a Healthy University," and the first event was "For a Healthy Heart."
Celebrating World Heart Day, officially held on September 29, the FMUL, the CCUL (Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon) and the CRECUL (Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Centre of the University of Lisbon) got together on September 28 and 29 to pass on a few positive messages on the health of the Portuguese's hearts.
The Director of the Faculty and cardiologist Fausto J. Pinto, and the main driving force for the movement "For A Healthy University, A Healthy Heart," could not fail to sound a few notes of caution on statistical data that reflect the state of our heart. It is known that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Portugal, but what people may be unaware of is that other diseases end up injuring the heart. For example, the leading cause of death in women with breast cancer is cardiovascular disease, not the cancer itself. Fausto J. Pinto also demonstrated, with recent studies, the improvements in the hearts of people who chose to adopt healthier behaviours, such as practising sports, not smoking, and having a balanced diet. And he issued a challenge, quoting Dante when he said that "the secret of getting things done is to act" and, therefore, to change the state of the heart's health, we need to make individual changes to get things to improve.
He finished by saying that he hopes to one day witness the epic moment when one of the great Portuguese monuments is lit up in red on World Heart Day, as is already done in other countries worldwide, as a tribute to the muscle that never stops beating.
Then there was a plural and concerned debate on the health we provide our hearts with and on the heart we place in our lives, with the participation, in addition to Fausto J. Pinto, of Cardiologist Ana Abreu, Nutritionist Catarina Sousa Guerreiro, Psychiatrist Sílvia Ouakinin, Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse Edite Caldeira; heart patient Francisco Tilak Viegas, Chef Justa Nobre, and the Specialist in the area of exercise prescription and President of the Faculty of Human Motricity Luis Sardinha, in a talk moderated by Rádio Renascença journalist Filomena Barros. Out of the contributions of such a wide range of participants came some ideas worth remembering, such as the importance of a good follow-up of heart patients during hospitalisation; the need to reduce sugars and fats in a cuisine as typical as the Portuguese one; the management of stress and emotional states that may have an influence on heart patients; the balance between diet and body composition, or the social norms about physical exercise and endorphins that make you happy, from sedentariness to tobacco as deadly weapons for the heart.
But there was more to the day than the debate on such serious matters. The morning began with more than 200 healthy breakfasts that were all distributed within 10 minutes. The entrance of the Egas Moniz building filled up with the colour of the healthy outdoor market, with several producers and companies: Alecrim aos Molhos, Biofrade, Provida, Biovivos, Salina Greens, Pachamama, Xaté, EPAL, and HeartGenetics.
Among screenings and conversations, the morning ended with a show cooking by Chef Justa Nobre who, in a few minutes, showed children and grown-ups alike that healthy food can be quite tasty; proof of this was that the entire audience rushed to taste her fresh salmon salad.
There were plenty of guests, from professors, students, employees, journalists, friends to the little ones - no one wanted to miss the health festival.
And because the Paediatrics department is always engaged in these initiatives, the night was an opportunity for the Núvem Vitória volunteers to tell stories about the heart to children who were hospitalised. And, thanks to the generosity of Science4you, the celebration continued in the Paediatrics department, as dozens of games were offered to the children who couldn't go home.
Sábado dia 29 de setembro, Dia Mundial do Coração, as celebrações culminaram no Estádio Universitário com muito movimento, mas a um só ritmo.
“Por um coração saudável” foi o ponto de partida para celebrar a saúde e a alimentação saudável, as conversas e a troca de ideias, para tratar das coisas do coração e, por isso, mostrar os afetos.
On Saturday, September 29, World Heart Day, the celebrations culminated at the University Stadium with a lot of movement merged into a single beat.
"For a Healthy Heart" was the starting point for celebrating health and healthy eating, conversations and the exchange of ideas, to handle the matters of the heart and, therefore, to show affections.
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Joana Sousa
Editorial Team
Last month, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon launched the programme "For a Healthy University," and the first event was "For a Healthy Heart."
Celebrating World Heart Day, officially held on September 29, the FMUL, the CCUL (Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon) and the CRECUL (Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Centre of the University of Lisbon) got together on September 28 and 29 to pass on a few positive messages on the health of the Portuguese's hearts.
The Director of the Faculty and cardiologist Fausto J. Pinto, and the main driving force for the movement "For A Healthy University, A Healthy Heart," could not fail to sound a few notes of caution on statistical data that reflect the state of our heart. It is known that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Portugal, but what people may be unaware of is that other diseases end up injuring the heart. For example, the leading cause of death in women with breast cancer is cardiovascular disease, not the cancer itself. Fausto J. Pinto also demonstrated, with recent studies, the improvements in the hearts of people who chose to adopt healthier behaviours, such as practising sports, not smoking, and having a balanced diet. And he issued a challenge, quoting Dante when he said that "the secret of getting things done is to act" and, therefore, to change the state of the heart's health, we need to make individual changes to get things to improve.
He finished by saying that he hopes to one day witness the epic moment when one of the great Portuguese monuments is lit up in red on World Heart Day, as is already done in other countries worldwide, as a tribute to the muscle that never stops beating.
Then there was a plural and concerned debate on the health we provide our hearts with and on the heart we place in our lives, with the participation, in addition to Fausto J. Pinto, of Cardiologist Ana Abreu, Nutritionist Catarina Sousa Guerreiro, Psychiatrist Sílvia Ouakinin, Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse Edite Caldeira; heart patient Francisco Tilak Viegas, Chef Justa Nobre, and the Specialist in the area of exercise prescription and President of the Faculty of Human Motricity Luis Sardinha, in a talk moderated by Rádio Renascença journalist Filomena Barros. Out of the contributions of such a wide range of participants came some ideas worth remembering, such as the importance of a good follow-up of heart patients during hospitalisation; the need to reduce sugars and fats in a cuisine as typical as the Portuguese one; the management of stress and emotional states that may have an influence on heart patients; the balance between diet and body composition, or the social norms about physical exercise and endorphins that make you happy, from sedentariness to tobacco as deadly weapons for the heart.
But there was more to the day than the debate on such serious matters. The morning began with more than 200 healthy breakfasts that were all distributed within 10 minutes. The entrance of the Egas Moniz building filled up with the colour of the healthy outdoor market, with several producers and companies: Alecrim aos Molhos, Biofrade, Provida, Biovivos, Salina Greens, Pachamama, Xaté, EPAL, and HeartGenetics.
Among screenings and conversations, the morning ended with a show cooking by Chef Justa Nobre who, in a few minutes, showed children and grown-ups alike that healthy food can be quite tasty; proof of this was that the entire audience rushed to taste her fresh salmon salad.
There were plenty of guests, from professors, students, employees, journalists, friends to the little ones - no one wanted to miss the health festival.
And because the Paediatrics department is always engaged in these initiatives, the night was an opportunity for the Núvem Vitória volunteers to tell stories about the heart to children who were hospitalised. And, thanks to the generosity of Science4you, the celebration continued in the Paediatrics department, as dozens of games were offered to the children who couldn't go home.
Sábado dia 29 de setembro, Dia Mundial do Coração, as celebrações culminaram no Estádio Universitário com muito movimento, mas a um só ritmo.
“Por um coração saudável” foi o ponto de partida para celebrar a saúde e a alimentação saudável, as conversas e a troca de ideias, para tratar das coisas do coração e, por isso, mostrar os afetos.
On Saturday, September 29, World Heart Day, the celebrations culminated at the University Stadium with a lot of movement merged into a single beat.
"For a Healthy Heart" was the starting point for celebrating health and healthy eating, conversations and the exchange of ideas, to handle the matters of the heart and, therefore, to show affections.
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Joana Sousa
Editorial Team
