On October 7-8, 2023, the “Dare to be healthy” event took place at the PGE Narodowy stadium in Warsaw, organized by the Mother and Child Institute Foundation for the 9th time! The main goal of the project is to promote a healthy and active lifestyle as an element of obesity prevention, and this year also taking care of the mental health of children and adolescents.
In addition to runs around the stadium and many attractions, there were also debates with the participation of experts, including the #HeadsUp debate, during which the first results of research conducted as part of the project were presented and the state of mental health of children and adolescents in Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic was discussed. In the debate took part Heads Up project representatives:
- Asst. PaedDr. Klaudia Zusková PhD.
- Mgr. Ferdinand Salonna PhD.
- Maja Gajda, M.A
- Dr. Agnieszka Małkowska-Szkutnik
- Doctor of Health Dorota Kleszczewska
The event participants also had the opportunity to take part in workshops on mental health led by doc. PaedDr. Klaudia Zusková PhD, as well as create a mural, the topic of which was “Ways to improve the mood”
During the event, numerous activities took place involving young people in creating a social campaign and a comic book realized as part of the project. This was served by creating a mural and workshops in the spirit of youth engagement.
In addition, the Sunday Runday run, the aim of which was to promote mental health through movement, which is one of the main elements of the Turn On Live campaign, which began during the event.
During the event, we emphasized the importance of building relationships, family, passion, sleep and diet. There were movement workshops, influencer presentations (Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Małe TGD, Blanka. Mamy Śpiewamy…), which promoted these activities.
During event an intermational meeting was organized.
