Hangzhou National Fitness Day series of activities "Active Health and Scientific Fitness" to welcome the Asian Games in 2023
2023-08-24 11:24:00 Source: 中国老年医学学会

From August 8 to 10, 2023, it was organized by Hangzhou Sports Bureau and Chinese Geriatric Society, and hosted by Hangzhou Sports Development Center, International Exchange Working Committee of Chinese Geriatric Society, Sports Health Branch of Chinese Geriatric Society, and the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. The 2023 Hangzhou National Fitness Day series activities supported by Hangzhou Sports Lottery Management Center - "Active Health · Scientific fitness" to welcome the Asian Games popular science education activities were successfully held in Hangzhou National Fitness Center. The event was held to further implement the national strategy of national fitness, explore a new model of physical and health integration, promote the deep integration of national scientific fitness and national health, and call on the whole society to pay attention to the prevention and control of disability of the elderly and take the initiative to welcome the Asian Games.


This activity covers five sections, including "Sports promote health series of popular science lectures", "Geriatric rehabilitation" book launch, "Experts talk to you about fitness" interactive, "Science fitness prevention disability" theme free diagnosis and sports health popular science video exhibition. The activity lasted for 3 days and brought together more than 40 well-known domestic experts to conduct on-site education and guidance, providing valuable health knowledge and scientific fitness guidance suggestions for hundreds of people who actively participated in the activity.


Fan Li, President of the Chinese Geriatric Society, Wang Li, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Hangzhou Sports Bureau, Li Jianan, Honorary President of the Chinese Geriatric Society Sports Health Branch, Dong Bilong, President of the Sports Health Branch, Xue Liang, Director of the National Fitness Research Center of Zhejiang Institute of Physical Sciences, Wei Guoqing, Vice president of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yang Yunmei, Consultant of the Sports Health Branch, Rong Xiangjiang, Director of Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Research Center of Capital Institute of Physical Education, Zheng Guobiao, Director of Group Sports Department of Hangzhou Sports Bureau, Hu Yixin and Zhang Qin, Executive Vice President of Sports Health Branch, Zhu Yi, Deputy Director of Respiratory Rehabilitation Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, and Wu Xiaochu, Director general of Sports Health Branch, attended the opening ceremony.


In his opening speech, President Fan Li of the Chinese Geriatric Society highly summarized the significance and goal of innovative body-health integration model and co-promoting health, saying that the Chinese Geriatric Society and Hangzhou Sports Bureau jointly carried out a series of scientific fitness activities to help the health of the elderly. It is an important measure to promote the development of geriatrics and the transformation of results, and actively respond to the call of the National Health Commission and the General Administration of Sport of the State and implement the "2030" healthy China strategy.


Wang Li, member of the Party Group and deputy director of Hangzhou Sports Bureau, said at the opening ceremony that Hangzhou Sports Bureau, guided by the ideas of sports helping health and the deep integration of national fitness and national health proposed by the State General Administration of Sport, the National Health Commission and the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau, added the theme of ";active health and scientific fitness" in the National Fitness Day series of activities. It is hoped that the experts from the Chinese Geriatric Society will bring the concepts and knowledge of sports rehabilitation, disability prevention and scientific fitness to the general public.


In her speech, Professor Dong Bilong, president of the Sports Health Branch of the Chinese Geriatric Society, hoped that through this event, the integration of geriatrics and sports would be further promoted and contribute to the health and happiness of the elderly.


Wei Guoqing, vice president of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, stressed the positive role of the hospital in the field of active health for the elderly and looked forward to the future development.


During the event, the first Chinese translation of "Geriatric Rehabilitation" led by Academician Li Jian 'an and President Fan Li was released. Professor Rong Xiangjiang, director of the Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Research Center of Capital Institute of Physical Education, presided over the launch ceremony. Academician Li Jian 'an, the chief reviewer of the translation of Geriatric Rehabilitation, introduced the important guiding significance of the new book for the rehabilitation of the Elderly, pointing out that the original translation of Rehabilitation Medicine for Elderly Patients is a classic work in the international geriatric rehabilitation field, and the publication of the translated work, It will fill the theoretical and practical guidance gaps in the field of elderly rehabilitation in our country. Professor Zhu Yi from the Respiratory Rehabilitation Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Beijing Medical University introduced the compilation team and compilation process of Geriatric Rehabilitation.


After the opening ceremony, the experts and scholars brought a variety of health science lectures to Hangzhou citizens who participated in the activity. Academician Li Jianan deeply discussed the relationship between Sports and Health and Longevity, and showed the audience the positive impact of sports on maintaining health with vivid examples and solid research data. He put forward the concept of ";sports is medicine", and introduced the application of modern technology in sports monitoring and health data analysis. How the movement mode supported by science and technology will escort the health movement safely is prospected.


President Fan Li gave a detailed explanation of the Comprehensive Management of Hypertension in the elderly, stressing that comprehensive and comprehensive measures are essential in the management of hypertension in the elderly. Professor Fan introduced the latest treatment methods and management strategies, including medication, lifestyle intervention and psychological support, as well as how to properly regulate diet, exercise and rest in daily life, so as to effectively control high blood pressure and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.


Professor Dong Bilong's speech theme "Saving money is not as good as saving muscle, focusing on slow disease is not as good as focusing on function" triggered the audience's resonance. She talked about the importance of maintaining muscle strength and function, and encouraged people to focus on functional exercise in their daily life, including walking, strength training and balance exercises, which can help reduce the risk of falls and enjoy a healthy old age.


Professor Rong Xiangjiang gave a wonderful lecture on the two most important series of issues related to safety and fitness, namely "Comprehensive prevention and Control of Aging Injury in Sports" and "Protection of Elderly people's Sports Injury". Some suggestions on the prevention of sports injury, reasonable selection of sports items and how to carry out scientific sports rehabilitation are given.


Professor Yang Yunmei discussed in depth the Comprehensive Assessment and exercise Intervention of Sarcopenia in the Elderly, explaining the causes and possible effects of muscle loss in the elderly from a scientific point of view, and providing screening and exercise intervention methods.


Professor Hu Yixin introduced the topic of "Key Points and Safe monitoring of fitness program for the elderly to prevent disability". It is pointed out that the elderly need to carry out comprehensive assessment of the elderly before fitness, manage chronic diseases well, then formulate exercise goals and exercise prescriptions according to physical fitness assessment and the elderly's own will, pay attention to exercise risk screening and safety monitoring before and during exercise, and focus on scientific fitness programs to prevent disability for the elderly.


Professor Zhang Qin's sharing of "Scientific Supplement Nutrition, Prevention of Sarcopenia" aroused the strong interest of the audience, and detailed how the elderly can prevent muscle loss through appropriate nutritional supplements, and combine with sports and exercise science to promote muscle protein synthesis.


Professor Wu Xiaochu introduced valuable knowledge about Early Recognition of Cognitive Impairment and exercise intervention, and called for attention to early tracking and intervention of cognitive function in the elderly. The venue was full, and the expert lectures attracted the attention of many citizens and health enthusiasts.


Another important highlight of this activity was the 3-day "Science Fitness Prevention Disability" themed free clinic activity held from August 8 to 10. More than 40 multidisciplinary experts organized by the Sports Health Branch of the Chinese Geriatrics Society brought expert guidance on comorbidity management, free physical fitness assessment, sarcopenia and fall risk screening, formulation of fitness programs, guidance on safety monitoring and cognitive function exercise in sports, guidance on scientific nutrition supplement, prevention and demonstration of sports rehabilitation injuries and other areas of free diagnosis. It aims to provide the public with a complete set of scientific fitness process guidance from theory to practice.


From August 9 to August 10, the National Fitness Center also held a sports health science video exhibition and broadcast jointly organized by experts from the Chinese Geriatrics Society and Hangzhou Sports Bureau. The sports health science popularization video series is divided into 16 lectures, experts from the exercise to promote chronic disease prevention and control, how to carry out scientific fitness assessment knowledge to give a simple explanation, and includes a set of home fitness exercise packages for the elderly, convenient for citizens to watch and practice repeatedly.

Professor Dong Bilong, president of the Sports Health Branch of the Chinese Geriatric Society, said that the event was held in the upcoming Asian Games, hoping to promote the integration of physical and health through this colorful science popularization and free clinic activities, and help the national fitness and active health of the elderly. Add luster to the upcoming Asian Games.