The soccer player Bruna Vilamalaa player for the Spanish national team and currently a member of the English Brighton squad, on loan from Barcelona, Gasol Foundation, foundation of the brothers Pau and Marc Gasol which fights to prevent childhood obesity.
This collaboration was born from the values shared between Bruna and the foundation, which agrees on the importance of promoting healthy habits from childhood and which will now jointly promote this goal and collaborate in the organization of several activities.
“It is a pleasure to join this project and collaborate with an entity dedicated to children’s health. I assume the commitment to support its mission so that more children can have a healthy life,” explained Vilamala.
The 22-year-old forward stressed that athletes have a “great responsibility” and a “great opportunity” to be role models for many children: “I want to use my spokesperson to promote healthy habits among small,” he said.
Bruna Vilamala Costa (Barcelona, 2002) is a Catalan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Brighton, where he is on loan from Barcelona until June 30, 2025, after joining the youth team of Barça at the age of 11.
He debuted in the first team in February 2020 and, in the 2023-2024 season, he played 29 games and scored five goals, helping the team to win all possible titles.
At the international level, Bruna represented Spain at youth levels and made his debut with the senior team on June 4, 2024, scoring a goal on his birthday.
For their part, basketball stars Pau and Marc Gasol are great references in the field of sports and have worked since their foundation, created in 2013, to support causes that have a positive impact on society, in their case in small ones.
According to the Pasos study of the Gasol Foundation, childhood obesity affects, along with being overweight, one in three children between 8 and 16 years old in Spain, which also warns that their health habits , such as physical activity, diet or sleep time, will worsen significantly between 2019 and 2023.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), childhood obesity is a phenomenon that affects 160 million children between 5 and 19 years of age worldwide.
Source: La Verdad
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