Kairos´s nutritional programme

1. Kairos´s nutritional programme

2. To Encourage healthy and balanced diet is a common goal for all Kairos´s projects for people with intellectual disabilities.

3. As an example the sheltered housing scheme. At the meeting in Rome 4 persons with disabilities who live in those sheltered houses joined us. There are scheduled weekly menus (breakfast, lunch and dinner).

4. Based on the Alimentary Pyramid

5. Alimentary Pyramid Calculator http://www.ocu.org/alimentacion/alimentos/calculadora/piramide-alimenticia

6. Recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) to maintain a healthy lifestyle and a healthy diet: 1.Eating a nutritious diet based on a variety of principally vegetal foods instead of animal. 2.Eating bread, cereals, pasta, rice or potatoes several times per day. 3.Eating a variety of vegetables, preferably fresh and local, several times a day (at least 400 g per day). 4.To Keep body weight between the recommended limits (a BMI of 18.5 to 25) by taking moderate levels of physical activity. It is better to exercise every day.

7. 5.Controlling fat intake (no more than 30% of daily energy) and replace most saturated fats with unsaturated vegetable oils or soft margarines. 6.To Replace fat meat with legumes, fish or poultry meat. 7.Consuming milk and milk products (kefir, yogurt, cheese ...) that are low in fat and salt. 8.To select foods low in sugar, and eat measured sugars, limiting the frequency of sugary drinks and sweets. 9.To choose a diet low in salt. The total salt intake should not exceed the equivalent of one teaspoon (6g) per day, including salt in bread and processed foods, cured and canned. 10.To prepare food safely and hygienically. Steam cooking, baking, boil or microwave help reduce the amount of fat added.

8. Shaltered homes menus are developed in conjunction. A Shopping list is made And every Saturday morning weekly shopping is made

9. Jointly, at the Occupational Center where they attend on mornings, they learn to cook. : To use adequate doses of oil, salt, etc... They learn to eat: chew properly, rate food, etc... And complementarily they take part in a physical sport activities programme.

10. One of the sports that are practiced is Swimming

11. Many people think that swimming is one of the best activities for physical activity and exercises. It improves various logical components as cardiovascular endurance, strength and overall muscle strength. Swimming allows whole body exercise without overloading any specific part and the body moves in a relaxed atmosphere in which the circulation, respiration, muscular endurance and body secretions increase little by little, but not enough to be effective to general well-being purpose.

12. Objectives: “Learning to swim and enjoy as a group the possibilities that aquatic environment offer to us”. "Perfecting the style of swimming and enjoying as a group the possibilities that aquatic environment offer to us”.

13. In order to achieve these goals we work in three groups (depending on level field and skills)

14. GROUP OF GETTING TO THE FIELD: 1-Entry into to water. 2-Walk around the pool. 3-Dorsal and ventral movements. 4-Cooperative Games.

15. LEARNING TO SWIM AND IMPROVEMENT: 5-Entry into the water and swim freely. 6-Noodle and board exercises in dorsal and ventral position. 7-Horse races. 8-Diving exercises. 9-Flotation-relaxation. 10-Cooperative games.

16. IMPROVEMENT *In this group has been progress as they perform exercises in the Olympic pool. 11-Warming up at the large pool. 12-Dive head first into the pool 13-Lengths of resistance. 14-Dorsal and ventral displacements with and without buoyancy elements. 15-Diving.

17. We hope you have enjoyed the presentation and thanks for your attention