DOWN Spain and FUNDACIÓN EROSKI teach 400 young people with Down syndrome to live with celiac disease

-The project you eat without glúten ” will also benefit more than 5,000 families and professionals.

-More than 12% of persons with Down syndrome are celiac.

Madrid, may 2012.- DOWN Spain and FUNDACIÓN EROSKI joined forces a year more to develop the project in 2012 eat gluten ”. This program pioneer at the national level will allow that children and young people with Down syndrome are aware of what it means to be celiac and appropriate guidelines for a correct feeding at the time that taught to acquire healthy nutrition habits.

This action will benefit more than 400 young people this intellectually disabled, as well as 5,000 families and professionals from across the country who will receive training in more than 20 associations Federated to DOWN Spain.

The project arises before the recommendations of the Protocol for early detection of celiac disease marked by the Ministry of health, who advises include Down among groups at risk syndrome, because more than 12% of the collective presents the glúten intolerance.

Why will the Guide you eat gluten ” which, in addition to supporting the person with syndrome of Down before celiac disease so accept their situation and take adequate food, offer advice to their environment (families and professionals), so they reinforce the recommended guidelines.

Training and awareness on healthy habits

Training includes workshops in which patterns of food will be taught and healthy lifestyle, that between the collective gives a high level of sedentary life style and a tendency to overweight.

With the support of simple and intuitive information sheets, young people will understand the importance of a healthy diet as a key pillar of good health. This training will be always based on respect their autonomy and their capacity to make decisions about issues that affect their lives.

All material for the session can download online through the website of Spain DOWN www.sindromedown.net, and its documentation and Resource Centre www.centrodocumentaciondown.com, with the objective that should be available to any person interested in celiac disease and healthy eating habits speaking.

Similarly, the possibility to download a free application for smartphones, which will make available to users all the published content will be offered.

With this project EROSKI Foundation it demonstrates its commitment to the work of DOWN Spain and its collaboration with the promotion of programmes to care for the health of the group. It is not the first time that EROSKI Foundation and DOWN Spain launch jointly a program that focuses on the promotion of healthy living through food. In 2011 both organizations developed the project fun food! ”, aimed at preventing obesity in people with Down syndrome, and got a great reception from the group because of its usefulness and excellent results.

Spanish Federation of Down syndrome

The Federación Española de Down – DOWN Spain’s syndrome – umbrella 83 all Spain Down syndrome, being the Organization of reference of Down’s syndrome in our country. For more than 20 years, working with the aim of securing autonomy for the life of the collective. Through its programs and publications of early care, health, education, employment and independent living, it offers support to the person with Down syndrome in all areas of their life cycle, getting their full integration into society.

DOWN Spain belongs to international as the European Down Syndrome Association and Down Syndrome International associations and is founding member of the Ibero-American Federation of Down syndrome (FIADOWN).

DOWN Spain is a member entity of the CERMI and is a consultative member of the Institute of Bartolomé de las Casas human rights

in 2010 DOWN Spain has been awarded as best support organization people ” by the technology foundation and health.

EROSKI

EROSKI devotes 10% of its profits to the commitment to the environment. This campaign is part of the Social action programme of EROSKI aimed at sustainable development and the eradication of poverty. As a socially responsible company, EROSKI is a member of the Global Compact by the respect for and the defence of human rights and the environment, and is committed to the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

In this sense, EROSKI has led campaigns as the collection of food made with the Federation Spanish banks of food, the programme delivery of product, support to humanitarian emergencies, support to education in countries in the process of development with UNICEF and the campaign you decide ”where consumers themselves choose a charity project to support.