KA229: Healthy body healthy mind (students)

Polonia (LO im. T. Kościuszki w Mysłowicach, Mysłowice), Portugal (Olhão city, south of Portugal, Algarve region), Errumania (Colegiul Tehnic Petru Poni, highschool, in Roman), Euskadi (IES JM Barandiaran BHI) 

MOBILITIES:

The project ‘Healthy body, healthy mind’ was designed to respond to a series of problems observed among young people today. Malnutrition and the lack of physical activity have been shown to undoubtedly have a negative impact on teenagers’ physical and mental condition. 

Furthermore, these factors lead to the so called diseases of civilization, which hinder teenagers’ everyday life and generate social costs due to the required treatment. It has been shown that some teenagers avoid physical activity. This fact reduces their body endurance and causes concentration problems, which impede their academic success and have a negative effect on their future careers. Low self-esteem, anxiety and depression lead to poor social skills and socializing problems, which may result in teenagers’ withdrawal from social life. 

Additionally, more and more teachers observe other worrying behaviour problems among young people, such as the lack of openness, empathy, collaboration skills and not respecting cultural heritage, which have a negative impact on their proper functioning in society. The following problems have also been observed in other European schools. 

That’s why, 4 partner schools decided to join the project to gain an insight into the issue, using the resources, tools, methods that each of them possesses. In addition, the different geography and traditions of the participating countries, as well as their different knowledge regarding healthy eating and physical activity, will allow them to contribute to the project in different ways.