HEPA Macedonia

The vision: To strengthen and support efforts and actions that increase participation and improve the conditions favourable to a healthy lifestyle, in particular concerning health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA); The goals are: - Better health through increased physical activity; - Nutrition education, and application of nutrition care model (NCP); - To improve a healthy lifestyle; - To develop a monitoring and surveillance system for physical activity levels and sports; - Research in the area of public health: - Health promotion through physical activity and healthier nutrition, monitoring and evaluation of outcomes. Health promotion in general: - Healthy lifestyle and development of skills for health. Promotion of physical/sports activity and health: - Effects of programmed physical activity and nutrition on children, youth and adult population; - Efficacy of physical activity on reduction of diet-related risk factors for chronic diseases. Scope of work: To promote health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA), nutrition and youth development through a healthy lifestyle. Priorities: The promotion of physical activity for health, sport, sports medicine, food science, nutrition and dietetics, reduction of diet-related chronic diseases, monitoring and evaluation of physical activity level, implementation and health outcomes on population and individual levels, to support the formulation of national HEPA strategy and program under the WHO HEPA documents. HEPA Macedonia is focused on non-formal education for lifestyle risk factors, teaching/advocacy, Continuing Medical Education (CME), workshops and seminars. Our motto: Physical activity and sport as tools for health, education, development, and peace-promoting cooperation, solidarity, tolerance, intercultural understanding, and social inclusion at the local, national and international levels. Website: https://www.hepa.org.mk; Web page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/HEPA.Macedonia/about/?ref=page_internal