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National program “Living Healthy”: regular physical activity in service of health promotion

Purpose: The aim of the National Program “Living Healthy” is to raise awareness and educate the population about risky behaviors for the development of chronic diseases and other negative effects on health, how to protect health and affect the determinants of health to improve the quality of life by preserving health and functional abilities. Acting on the individual, community and environmental level, project activities influence all important determinants of health: biological, social, psychological and environmental.Methods: National Program “Living Healthy” consists of five components: Health Education, Health and Physical Activity, Health and Nutrition, Health and the Workplace and Health and the Environment. Each of these components in its own specific way encourages regular physical activity and is designed for the entire population of Croatia.Results and conclusions: As part of its regular activities, Croatian Institute of Public Health conducts public health interventions for increasing the awareness of all people living in Croatia about the importance of regular physical activity. The programs and activities of the National Program “Living Healthy” are focused on improving the health of the entire population through the implementation at the local community level by informing, educating and sensitizing citizens of all ages about the positive aspects of healthy lifestyles. To ensure the quality of the institutional framework and sustainability of project activities, implementation of experts’ capacity strengthening will be carried out. The aim of this overview is to show the activities related to promotion of physical activity within the National Program “Living Healthy”.

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