By Phillip Elder
 Overweight and obesity is a wide reaching issue causing debilitating and costly health problems world wide. 61% of Australian adults aged over 18 are OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE! That's about 9.1 million people! (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2009)
That's more than 1 in 2 people with an increased risk of getting chronic diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes. This has increased significantly from 38% of adults were overweight or obese only 15 years ago.
Facts:
o Men are more likely to be overweight or obese than women.
o The proportion of the population who are obese is increasing at a faster rate than the proportion of the population who are overweight generally.
o Overweight or obese men and women are increasingly likely to see themselves as having an acceptable weight. People do not think they have a weight problem.
25% of our Australian children aged 5 - 17 years are OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE!
'Studies have shown that once children become obese they are more likely to stay obese into adulthood and have an increased risk of developing both |
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By John Baril
 Food fuels your body. Everyone's body is different some are satisfied with a little food some need a lot. After you make your mind up which foods to consume your are deciding to fuel your body and fill it with get-up-and-go or you are choosing to interfere with your healthiness by consuming foods loaded with salt, sugar, preservatives, saturated fats and chemicals.
Those who love to eat red meat and other dishes that are fatty or oil are at risk of getting sick. This isn't diarrhea but a touch worse that can be life threatening because of the amount of bad cholesterol which is being taken into the body.
The elevated levels of cholesterol in the body are happening more frequently at the moment than ever beforehand. This is because of the type of food to be had at this moment in the grocery and in restaurants. The person can still recover from this by consuming foods which are not high in saturated fats.
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By Paul Strachocki
 Diabetes is a very serious and difficult disease to control. Once you've been diagnosed with diabetes, your life will never be the same again. However, with the right decisions, you can be as otherwise healthy as you ever were before. But aging healthfully when you have diabetes is a challenge. You will have to completely change the way you eat. You'll need to exercise daily.
Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is what some refer to as a lifestyle disease. In other words, it's a disease you get from not living a healthy lifestyle. Some people are more prone to diabetes than others, but nearly everyone can avoid type 2 diabetes altogether by living a healthy lifestyle. If you ignore diabetes, you can suffer loss of limbs, loss of eyesight, and a variety of other serious diseases. All of this takes place because your body can no longer release enough insulin to keep up with your sugar consumption.
Before you get diabetes, you get what is known as insulin resistance. In most cases, insulin resistance can be treated without taking any injections or medications, |
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