dFrom the farm to the plate, we can only confirm the central place that food occupies in our society in terms of its cultural, economic and social issues. Various phenomena, such as the aging of our population or the excessive consumption of poor quality products, tend to give an even more crucial role to diet and physical activity in the coming years.
For us, caregivers and representatives of people suffering from nutritional diseases, nutrition and physical activity also have a fundamental value: they are the first pillars of prevention and care!
The importance of dietary consultation
At a time when our country must turn towards prevention to support a health system in difficulties and still too focused on curative treatment, we want to reaffirm the importance of dietary consultation carried out by a dietician and the support of a professor in adapted education. physical activity accessible to as many people as possible.
The main nutritional diseases of obesity, diabetes and malnutrition are common in France… According to Public Health France, diabetes affected 4.2 million people in 2021, when the previous year the Ministry of Health reported the figure of 8.5 million French people suffering from obesity. . Malnutrition, the third most important nutritional disease, affects more than 2 million people, from children to the elderly.
These diseases have the peculiarity of being able to accumulate in the same person. Specifically, we can be obese, with excess fat and malnourished, due to lack of sufficient muscle mass. Additionally, people with type 2 diabetes, most often associated with being overweight, are at significant risk of losing muscle mass and being malnourished when diabetes complications lead to a sedentary lifestyle and loss of appetite.
Thus, obesity, diabetes and malnutrition are not different diseases, but variations in nutrition-related diseases over time and according to individual situations must be considered.
Personalized nutritional care
The Olympic Games and the great national cause 2024 [pour la promotion de l’activité physique et sportive] have made it possible to promote the benefits of physical activity, adapted or not, to the largest possible number of people – and therefore to all frail and sick people –. Once again, we must act with determination. To be truly accessible to everyone, the adapted physical activity (APA) prescription must be reimbursed by Health Insurance.
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