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Healthy nutrition = Healthy lifestyle Engaging in physical activity, emo- tional balance, and energy balance to maintain the right weight, healthy food procedures and drinking the right amount of water are the gui- delines recommended by Sociedad Española de Nutrición Comunitaria (SENC). The recommendations of SENC pro- mote a balanced, varied, and mode- rate diet that includes “whole grains, fruits, vegetables legumes, different amounts of dairy products and the al- ternate the consumption of fish, eggs, lean meats, jointly with the preferred use of extra virgin olive oil as the cu- linary fat. It reinforces the interest in a healthy and sustainable diet with locally-grown seasonal products, a pleasurable experience, dedicating sufficient time and encouraging rea- ding the information in the nutritional labels”. (Source, SENC) Physical activity Physical inactivity, uncontrolled diets, the intake of high-calorie food and a poor diet are health risk factors that can lead to chronic diseases. WHO initiatives The goal of the World Health Orga- nization (WHO) is to promote and protect health through healthy eating and physical activity. Improving both represents a unique opportunity for drafting and applying an efficient stra- tegy to significantly reduce mortality and the burden of disease worldwide. It also stresses the increase in fruit and vegetable consumption and re- commends, as an objective, the in- take of at least 400 grams per day of fruits and vegetables (excluding pota- toes and other starchy foods) to pre- vent chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes or obesity as well as to prevent and mitigate the lack of various micro-nutrients, espe- cially in less developed countries. In 1997, the World Health Organiza- tion (WHO) declared that obesity was a global epidemic which it considered one of the most important health pro- blems worldwide. Today, 20 years la- ter after obesity has become a great public health problem after spreading in developed countries as well as in developing countries and, accordin- gly, the WHO considers it the epide- mic of the 21st century. FCC, a healthy company FCC is a pioneer in implementing and developing the Healthy Company concept at its work places. Several initiatives, promoted by the Medical Services and backed by Human Re- sources, have been launched in the company to encourage a more heal- thy diet. Among these initiatives, it is worth mentioning the heathy break- fasts in all training sessions and work meetings as well as the hiring of ca- tering services with healthy criteria. Various resources and contents that promote healthy eating habits, sports, physical activity and health in general can be found at the FCC Safety, Health and Well-being portal. http://one/sites/rrhh/servprevman/Si- tePages/Inicio.aspx W E L L N E S S WE L L N E S S 38