The Rotary Club of Pithiviers presented a check for 20,000 euros to the National League Against Obesity to finance its Diet at Dom program on Thursday evening.
Before passing the baton to a new president, Karen Blain, Olivier Chailloux was keen to complete the cause carried out by the Rotary club during his mandate: the fight against obesity, an evil that he himself experienced.
“I am formerly obese,” he recalled, handing over a check for 20,000 euros on Thursday to finance the Diet à dom program of the National League Against Obesity (LCO), in the presence of many dietitians who are struggling against obesity, particularly among children and adolescents. This sum was raised thanks to the profits from the two super lottos organized in March by the Pithivierian Rotary Club.
The “Diet à dom” program provides volunteer families with an innovative system in terms of health promotion by offering prevention actions and personalized therapeutic education at home. “It’s about pooling resources through care and dietary assistance in order to promote support at home,” explains Marion Sarroca, general director of the LCO, present at the check presentation.
Prevention among the youngest
It will enable the Orléans University Hospital to help seven children (the youngest is 2 years old!) and to support their families to help them in their daily lives and engage them in prevention: “Helping with the design of meals , when shopping and being present on the dietary side to influence eating habits,” explains Marion Sarroca.
Obesity is a chronic, complex disease with multiple causes, including insecurity and heredity. “Obese people are more likely to have obese children. A parent suffering from obesity carries a 50% risk for the child of being a carrier of the pathology,” says Malory Humbert, dietician in Saint-Nazaire, and coordinator of the “Diet à dom” program which she presented during the course. of the evening.
In 2012, 15% of the French population was obese and often victims of fatphobia. But, unlike the World Health Organization (WHO), France does not recognize it as a disease. A second check for 3,228 euros will allow the University Hospital to equip the hospital with a weighing platform for the largest patients.
