The Answer to 5 Out of 6 National and Personal Health Priorities!
DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC · Population rates of obesity are increasing, whilst rates of physical activity participation are declining among adult Australians.
· 7.
4 million Australians (a whopping 56 per cent!) are seriously overweight.
· 40.
6 million drug prescriptions were dispensed for cardiovascular related conditions in the last 12 months.
· For a 40 year old male, the current risk of having coronary disease is 1:2 - that means the average male has a 50/50 chance of not having coronary disease.
· 41 per cent of all deaths result from cardiovascular disease.
· Almost every major force in Australian society - (e.
g.
the automobile, computer, entertainment, food production and consumption) urges Australians to become sedentary and fat.
· "Health researchers have highlighted the fact that physical activity can play a part as a preventative factor in five of the six national Health Priority Areas - cardiovascular disease, cancer control, mental health, diabetes mellitus and injury prevention and control" (Fitness NSW, IRHSA, 1 million by 2010, page 13).
Did you read that last point? 5 of the 6 national health priorities can be prevented by regular physical activity!!! Health and fitness means different things to different people but disease is disease and can be avoided by not just exercise, but also better nutrition and attitudes! "Healthy body, Healthy mind"! Those are just some of the negatives that can be avoided by having and maintaining better health and fitness.
Now think of the positives! HEALTH! ENERGY! STRENGTH! ABILITY! CONFIDENCE! WELL-BEING! POSITIVITY! Is there any area of your life that will not benefit from improvements to these qualities? "Health is so necessary to all of the duties, as well as the pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to the folly" - Samuel Johnson
· 7.
4 million Australians (a whopping 56 per cent!) are seriously overweight.
· 40.
6 million drug prescriptions were dispensed for cardiovascular related conditions in the last 12 months.
· For a 40 year old male, the current risk of having coronary disease is 1:2 - that means the average male has a 50/50 chance of not having coronary disease.
· 41 per cent of all deaths result from cardiovascular disease.
· Almost every major force in Australian society - (e.
g.
the automobile, computer, entertainment, food production and consumption) urges Australians to become sedentary and fat.
· "Health researchers have highlighted the fact that physical activity can play a part as a preventative factor in five of the six national Health Priority Areas - cardiovascular disease, cancer control, mental health, diabetes mellitus and injury prevention and control" (Fitness NSW, IRHSA, 1 million by 2010, page 13).
Did you read that last point? 5 of the 6 national health priorities can be prevented by regular physical activity!!! Health and fitness means different things to different people but disease is disease and can be avoided by not just exercise, but also better nutrition and attitudes! "Healthy body, Healthy mind"! Those are just some of the negatives that can be avoided by having and maintaining better health and fitness.
Now think of the positives! HEALTH! ENERGY! STRENGTH! ABILITY! CONFIDENCE! WELL-BEING! POSITIVITY! Is there any area of your life that will not benefit from improvements to these qualities? "Health is so necessary to all of the duties, as well as the pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to the folly" - Samuel Johnson
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