Move and demand healthier food

<< Background >>The current lifestyle, which is characterized by a sedentary lifestyle and thedifficulty, not only to spend time outdoors and do physical exercise, but also tocarry out basic activities such as cooking fresh products, is affecting ourstudents and their families more and more.This lifestyle is concerning the classrooms, causing some problems anddisorders that affect their health directly; take the example of students whorefuse to attend Physical Education lessons or other activities such asswimming courses or water sports, as well as students affected by issuesrelated to food.On the other hand, we have detected that, after the pandemic, mental healthproblems among our students have increased and worsened: eating disorders,screen and video games addiction, and also, anxiety and depression.In short, at an educational level, we are committed to offer our students modelsthat can help them recognize the risks of unhealthy lifestyles and, at the sametime, provide them with strategies, skills and resources to lead a healthier andmore active lifestyle regarding nutrition.<< Objectives >>As we stated in the project, in order to promote healthy lifestyles, we wouldaddress the following specific objectives:• Promote culinary knowledge and skills that ensure healthy diets.• Raise awareness of the benefits of a healthy, active life in connection withnature among the educational community.• Exchange good practices internationally in order to strengthen cooperationand understanding ties.• Offer multicultural contexts to encourage learning foreign languages ​​and tolive experiences that, otherwise, would be difficult in the countries of origin.• Finally, the promotion of outdoor activities and contact with nature in anenvironment of respect and protection should also contribute to the curricularacquisition of the sustainable development objectives (SDGs) that must beaddressed across all subjects of the curriculum. As schools, we are especiallycommitted to the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development at a global level.<< Implementation >>Each of the activities has focused on a specific aspect: happy lifestyles andreturn to nature (in Spain), healthy eating (in Turkey) and healthy body andmind (in Poland). In all cases, the same development scheme has beenfollowed: knowing and sharing healthy lifestyles typical of the host culture,which arouse he participants` interest in a healthier life and more connected tothe environment and nature, as well as learning the traditional gastronomicculture with a high nutritional value.To do so, priority has been given to:• Outdoor sports practice• Sports competitions and team building• Creation of a garden of aromatic and medicinal plants• Healthy cooking workshop with traditional products• Survey and Analysis of healthy lifestyle habits• Creation of a multilingual dictionary• Making videos with traditional and healthy recipes from the three countries• Eu Food Fair with local products from the three countries with participation offamilies and local authorities• Preparation of brochures (lapbooks) on sports and healthy habits• Attendance at conferences on “Health and well-being”• Cultural visits to the historical city centre of the three cities• Dissemination activities<< Results >>Among all the products and results which result from the project, we would liketo highlight:• the official website of the project where an attempt has been made to capturenot only the activities carried out, but also the personal and subjectiveexperiences of the participants, as well as the learning that has been derived.• The eTwinning page where the project is made known and its dissemination isencouraged.• Logo and mascot to unite and make the project visible and known.• Various dissemination and merchandising materials: sweatshirts, t-shirts,water bottles...• Promotional poster of the project to decorate the school’s Erasmus corner.• Cooking and medicinal plants garden.• Multilingual food dictionary prepared by students from the three countries.• Sports and healthy lifestyle brochures.• Videos of recipes of typical and healthy meals from each one of the countries.• Presentations on healthy life, healthy habits and connection with nature.