Propuesta de un Programa de Promoción de la Salud a través de la Actividad Física Dirigido a Personal Militar

Abstract

According to Llibre et al., The increase in life expectancy and the consequent increase in the proportion of people aged 60 years and over, increases the percentage of the population suffering from chronic non-communicable diseases, considered the leading causes of death in the developed countries. In almost all Latin American and Caribbean countries, the social, economic, demographic, and epidemiological transformations of the last decades have contributed to the emergence of new health priorities. Among the latter, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) stand out due to their significant increase, which include cardiovascular problems, cancer, diabetes mellitus (DM) and kidney diseases related to hypertension, among others (Llibre, 2008). As stated in the global recommendations on physical activity for health, physical inactivity is now identified as the fourth main risk factor for global mortality. Physical inactivity levels are increasing in many countries with important implications for the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and the general health of the population worldwide (WHO, 2010). On the other hand, cardiovascular risk refers to cardiovascular diseases (CVD), which are disorders of the heart and blood vessels and include coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, rheumatic heart disease, and other conditions. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) kills 17.7 million people each year, 31% of all global deaths. The triggers of these diseases, which are mainly manifested as heart attacks and strokes, are caused by tobacco consumption, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and the harmful use of alcohol and these in turn appear in people like the high blood pressure, high blood glucose and overweight and obesity, harmful risks to good heart health (WHO, 2016)