Stop playing snakes and ladders
Do your weight loss attempts feel like one step forward and two steps back. Check out this article for perspective:
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Why do some people with a low cholesterol level have a heart attack?
Like obesity, heart disease has many causes. In the past 2 decades an ‘inflammation theory’ of chronic disease has emerged and suggests a low level inflammatory response may be a risk factor in developing many chronic diseases but then again it may simply be caused by the chronic disease.
Scary statistics
Similarly when you read the statistics from the Preventative Health Taskforces’ Technical Paper 1: Obesity in Australia: a need for urgent action, I can imagine if I were obese, feeling a little affronted. But I guess if you don’t take it personally, the Aussie stats are enlightening if not gob-smacking.
Experts response to Cokes Anti-obesity campaign
Coca-Cola has launched an anti-obesity campaign. There is 64g = 13 teaspoons of sugar in a 600ml coke. That’s the same calories as 3 ½ slices of bread. 10 tsp sugar in a can of coke. Given one of the causes cited for the rise of obesity, especially in children is sweetened soft drink, the best move is to stop making sweetened beverages.
Coles new plastic recycling program
Top marks to Coles innovation at turning our soft plastics into Australian made bench seats for pre-school and primary schools!
The top 50 traumatic moments in kids movies
What has Bambi’s mum being shot dead by a hunter and Simba’s dads paw slipping from his hold into a stampeding herd of cattle got to do with obesity?
Cause of death: Coca Cola
30 year old New Zealand mum dies of cardiac arrhythmia from drinking too much coke. http://thehoopla.com.au/death-coca-cola/
The 10 Tonne Woman
You may have seen the TV add about a new online support community led by Julie Ann, a weight loss consultant who has joined up with Tony Fergusons to challenge every overweight Australian to lose at least 1 kg. Over 23,000 people have pledged some weight loss already.
The right and wrong way to help a child with their weight
This is a noteworthy article on the potential harm of putting children on diets. It backs up my own experience that getting kids to move more and tune into their bodies – to only eat when hungry and stop when feeling satisfied – is a better approach. It’s empowering rather than demeaning and teaches them useful skills they can carry into adulthood.
Do you need a health coach (for free)?
Did you know there is a free phone coaching service provided by the NSW government to get us eating healthier, losing weight and getting more active. The service offers up to 10 phone consults with a health coach over 6 months as well as online material. It may be a worthwhile trigger to get you re-motivated, with someone checking up on you every 3-4 weeks or so. A good way to start of 2013?