A 'blue tide' of around 3,000 runners and marchers have gathered this Sunday on the sidewalk of Recoletos to participate in the race/walk through diabetes, which in its fifth edition has again combined sports and solidarity with the aim ofContribute to prevent this disease and publicize the work carried out in the city of the Adiva Association.Diabetes currently has 32,000 diagnosed in Valladolid and 180,000 in Castilla y León.
Organized by the Giralda Sport Athletics Club, the Fifth Solidarity Career has started at 10.30 am from the Recoletos sidewalk.
"The sport is as vital as insulin," said the president of the Diabetes Valladolid Association, Javier García, to influence the reason for this activity, which has gathered around 3,000 citizens, a number of participants that have been reachedWith last minute registrations, which will support research projects from the Diabetes Zero Foundation, since the collection of the event will be allocated to this organization.
In this regard, Garcia has stressed, in statements collected by Europa Press, which in Castilla y León is counted about 300,000 affected by this disease, of which 180,000 are not diagnosed, which affects the need to carry out initiatives such asThis to show the importance of its early detection.
This "silent disease", as the addiva representative has pointed out, could be prevented with healthy lifestyle habits and the practice of sports, as well as with awareness and promotion of research, a sector that "is not yet taken seriously" toAlthough this pathology is the cause of 25,000 deaths a year in Spain.
Thus, this race, which "grows little by little" in each edition, has as its main objective to make these needs and promote the prevention of the disease that is in "continuous increase" due to the rise of life habits based on sedentary lifestyle or aNot adequate food, especially in its type 2.
To sensitize on this issue, different local and regional authorities have come to the march, such as the Minister of Education of the Junta de Castilla y León, Rocío Lucas, who has expressed his "support" and has insisted on the relevance of the sport to preventAny disease.
He also indicated that his department has protocols in educational centers to emphasize in sports activity in this area and develops other measures such as the impulse of the nurse figure in schools.
For his part, the Councilor for Citizen Participation and Sports of the City of Valladolid, Alberto Bustos, has told sport as a "social responsibility" tool and has reiterated the need to make visible the causes and consequences of diabetes.
Bustos has also applauded that the city leave another Sunday to the streets to "give voice" to a cause and has guaranteed that the Consistory will continue to promote these sporting events such as "health habits generators" and "solidarity."
The appointment, organized by the Giralda Sport Athletics Club, has been completed with a children's career and different activities, such as an informative point of the Valladolid Nurses College in which glycemia controls have been carried out, as well as children's animation.
In this way, this career/solidarity walk has been the culmination of the acts organized by Adiva on the occasion of World Diabetes Day, which was commemorated on November 14, under the slogan 'protects your family' and in whichLefts and glycemia talks were organized on the street.
