CARPI, SOLIERA, NOVI DI MODENA – Excess weight in childhood represents one of the main public health problems worldwide. In Italy, at the age of 8, 39% of children are overweight (including obesity) and the 17% are obese. If not adequately treated in childhood, obesity persists in 70-80% of cases into adulthood, with increased risk of disease cardiovascular, metabolic, tumor and psychological and psychiatric repercussions. According to various studies, sedentary lifestyle among young people is also increasing, also due to the increasingly extensive use of electronic devices, and sports practice is decreasing. In the area, for 17 years, there has been the Move Move Projectwhich expanded with the pilot project in the 2023/2024 school year Get moving Get moving Kids, specifically dedicated also to 4-year-old children attending nursery schools. Overall there were 15 in this edition too primary schoolsalong with 23 Nursery schools who, between Carpi, Novi di Modena and Soliera, participated, for a total of 3,100 children involvedfrom 4 to 9 years.
Also confirmedpool activitiesin response to a request made by Soliera, e the project continues Move Move Special which, given the many requests received from the teaching staff, saw an increase in the hours dedicated, involving over 120 children with disabilities. Great satisfaction, therefore, for the organisers, Centro Sportivo Italiano and UISP, who gave life to the initiative in 2007/2008, in synergy with the ‘Sport’ Council of the Municipality of Carpi, with the aim of promote recreational and motor activityduring school attendance hours, between school children aged 4 to 9 years Of Carpi, Soliera And Novi di Modena. As mentioned, the big news of this edition was the introduction of the pilot project: Get moving Get moving Kidsintended for 4-year-old children in nursery schools, to encourage an increasingly precocious approach to physical activity, through the supervision of qualified experts, as part of a broader awareness of correct lifestyles even in young age groups.
With i 3100 children involvedfor a total of 2000 hours of activitythe project achieved over 45,000 young people, with a total of 28,000 hours of activity carried out over his 17 years of life. Truly significant numbers for a reality that he intends enhance the concept of sport as a right for alla good that affects health, life quality, education And socialityAnd promote integration of children with disabilities. THE 22 instructors hey 2 coordinators (Davide Pavesi and Luca Bracci) qualified, who make the creation of Move Move they have in fact proposed recreational activities through various games and mixed courses for the students of 23 nursery schools And 15 Primary Schools, paying particular attention to the problems of integration (including that of children of foreign origin) and discomfort, be it physical, psychological or social. With regard to Move Move Special, the children involved were around 120, accompanied in the activities by the psychomotricist Elisabetta Romagnoli, assisted by a helper given the increase in participants. Also confirmed aquatic projectwith 4 lessons held at the Carpi swimming pool, involving the Soliera nursery schools.
The traditional party, which usually represented the closing event, in this edition was instead held at the beginning of the project, last 7 October, at the Athletics Track, involving 500 young people, who were given a souvenir t-shirt of the event, donated by the project partners, and representing a sort of inauguration of the school year, also from a sporting point of view. The 17th edition is promoted by Consulta E of the Municipality of Carpi in collaboration with the Department of School Policies and with the participation of the Sports Departments of the Municipalities of Soliera and Novi di Modena, with the support of the CR Carpi Foundation and the contribution of Il Borgogioioso Shopping Center.
“Move, move – comment the promoters – it is now so well known and considered valuable by schools that we can go so far as to say that it represents a sort of ‘brand’. Everyone wants it, everyone asks for it, and educators, kids and families are really excited about it. The strength of the project, we would like to strongly underline, is not only in its ability to propose recreational-motor activities through professional operators to thousands of children, managing to fill in the last 17 years what would otherwise represent a void, but also in the fact that it is an extremely flexible project, capable of adapting to the multiple needs that emerge with changes in the social structure or more simply in conditions. Over the years, in fact, we have introduced the section dedicated to children with disabilities, then aquatic activities, as well as having changed the range of ages involved. In short, everything, from the numbers to the enthusiasm of the participants, tells us that ‘Move Move’ is a project for which our territory can be truly proud, and which is ready to come of age, given that next school year we will celebrate its 18 years of existence”.
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