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O is for Overweight & Obesity
Overweight and Obesity is a commonly heard terms these days, with statistics showing that 52% of all Australian women, 67% of men and 25% of Australian children are currently overweight or obese (ASSO, 2005). So what does this mean?
Overweight and obesity are serious medical conditions that are associated with conditions such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and some cancers. The complex and wide ranging changes to our lifestyles and the environments and communities in which we live, have contributed to our ongoing problems with appropriately managing body weight within health a healthy range. The two main contributing factors are our dietary intake and physical activity levels.
If you are overweight or obese it is important for you to consider the significant health risks associated with these conditions and not merely view them as body image issues. It is important for you to consider making changes to your current lifestyle (dietary intake AND physical activity levels) and rather than thinking it takes too long to prepare healthy food and to exercise, you may wish to think about your future health and well being and consider
“YOU DON’T HAVE TIME NOT TO”.
