Make wellness a family affair
MANILA, Philippines - The Medical City Center for Wellness and Aesthetics (CWA) offers a new way to make family bonding “more worthwhile and beneficial to each member of the family” –services and health checks that cater to different age groups.
It houses three clinics that address the needs of adolescents, adults and geriatrics.
CWA director Dr. Rolando Balburias encouraged individuals to have their preventive health checks together as a family to strengthen family support, compliance and involvement. Parents should be involved with their children’s health and wellness and vice-versa.
He cited one program, Pediatric Weight Management, where parents’ participation is vital.
“In addressing childhood obesity cases, you really have to include the parents because they are the ones who are buying the food; they’re the ones influencing what kind of lifestyle their children will have. But if the parents are okay with their children being sedentary, eating junk foods, then illness, instead of wellness, becomes a family affair,” said Dr. Balburias.
He stressed that wellness should be a top priority in family affairs. The family can be likened to the human body. If one part of the body hurts, the rest of the body is affected thereby weakening the entire system. Similarly when one family member gets sick, it affects the whole family in various ways - physically, financially, mentally, emotionally or spiritually.
“Having a preventive health check is one tool the family can use to achieve their wellness goals. Of course, there are other ways like engaging in sports or physical activities, preparing healthy meals, avoiding vices such as smoking, drugs, and alcohol, educating the kids about the ill effects of these vices and so on,” added Dr. Balburias.
For more information on The Medical City's preventive health check packages, please call its Center for Wellness and Aesthetics at tel. nos. (632) 988-1000/ (632) 988-7000 ext. 6576 / 6579.
