"In Navarra, around 80,000 people over the age of 18 are overweight and, therefore, at high risk of developing diabetes subject 2". Alfredo Martínez, Full Professor in Nutrition at the University of Navarra, provided these figures during the presentation of the activity on healthy eating habits"Control your overweight to prevent diabetes", organized by the academic center and the Santo Domingo Market in Pamplona. The presentation event was also attended by the Market's General Manager , Susana Frommknecht.

According to Martínez, the issue of diabetics subject 2 over 75 years of age is around 10,000 in the Comunidad Foral". He also offered the data of Spain, where 33% of the population could be overweight and 41% of those over 75 years of age suffer from diabetes subject 2."This data is worrying if we take into account that in 1996 the issue of diabetic people stood at 2,200,000, and by 2026 this figure could increase by more than one million", he stressed.

Its recommendations, as far as diabetes subject 2 is concerned, are mainly oriented towards physical activity and the consumption of foods moderately high in protein (meat, fish, eggs, legumes and, in some cases, nuts).

Participate in the PREVIEW study to prevent diabetes.
In the activity "Control your overweight to prevent diabetes", dieticians-nutritionists from the University of Navarra will offer free nutritional advice to all the people who visit the Market. Susana Frommknecht has emphasized that "the Market has always been open to initiatives that improve the quality of life of citizens and, especially today, related to food".

The activity, which will take place on Tuesdays and Fridays until November 30, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, has a triple goal: firstly, to inform the population about the adherence to the Mediterranean per diem expenses , through dieticians-nutritionists, in the framework of the CIBERobn program (research center Biomedical network of the Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition); secondly, to assess, through a survey, the predisposition to develop diabetes subject 2; and finally, to select pre-diabetic people, interested in their health, so that they can join the European project PREVIEW.

This study is being carried out in six countries of the European Union, Australia and New Zealand and, in Spain, it is being conducted by the University of Navarra, and its aim is toimprove the prevention of diabetes in children, young people and adults, goal . To participate, please call 948 425744 or 616244655 or send an e-mail to voluntariosnut@unav.es.