Dear family:
As explained by your paediatrician, the main basis for treating your health problem is to change your habits at home to make them as healthy as possible.
We know this is a very difficult challenge, but you are not alone... your paediatrician and nutritionist will help you.
That is why we have created this online course for the whole family, both parents and children, divided into 5 topics (one per week). Throughout the course, we will explain what high blood pressure is, how it is related to obesity, and how physical activity, diet and even screen time can affect your children's blood pressure.
For each of these topics, we will learn through videos in which you will listen to great experts from all over Europe, information that will be of great use to you.
The topics are:
-Lesson 1: Hypertension definition and its pharmacological treatment
Dorota Drożdż
Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Chair of Pediatrics, Pediatric Institute, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
Interclinical Center for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity, University Children’s Hospital of Krakow, Poland
-Lesson 2: Obesity and hypertension
Małgorzata Wójcik
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Chait of Pediatrics, Pediatric Institute, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Kraków, Poland
Interclinical Center for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity, University Children’s Hospital of Krakow, Poland
-Lesson 3: The Influence of Physical Activity on Children’s Blood Pressure
Vesna Herceg Čavrak
Children's Hospital Zagreb, Croatia. Libertas International University, Croatia.
-Lesson 4: Principles of a healthy diet in the prevention of hypertension
Agnieszka Kozioł Kozakowska
Laboratory of Pediatric Dietetics, Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Interclinical Center for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity, University Children’s Hospital of Krakow, Poland
-Lesson 5: How to manage our family’s digital world in a healthy way
Julio Alvarez-Pitti
Pediatric Department, Consorcio Hospital General, University of Valencia, 46014 Valencia, Spain.
CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Each of the topics will be developed through a weekly lesson which will include a video talk, a short presentation and at the end of the lesson you will have to do a simple quiz as a family!
At the end of the 5 lessons of the course, you will go back to your paediatrician and all your doubts will be cleared up.
So let's start with the very first lesson: "There's no time to waste when it comes to the health of what we love most, our family!
Acknowledgements:
This course would not have been possible without the coordination of Prof Agnieszka Kozioł Kozakowska, the collaboration of the members of the Hypertension Prevention Working Group and the support of the COST HyperchildNET initiative.
- Teacher: Admin User