By Paul Strachocki
 You may see the hottest models in the world supporting the great new diet fad. You may even see a famous fat person turned skinny talking about how the diet fad made it possible. Some of these celebrities may even have diet fads marketed under their names. There is a strong pull inside of us to believe them. After all, they are society's ideal for what we should look like. But what exactly do they know about nutrition and health? How many years have they remained skinny? As a society, we really need to learn how to analyze celebrity endorsements more critically.
Many of the more recent diet crazes have been driven by book sales. To fight back, nutrition experts such as Jo-Ann Heslin and Annette B. Natow have written books of their own urging more caution in the acceptance of fad diets. These 'miracle' weight loss diets often throw out a lot of information that is assumed to be scientific, but in reality is at best speculative information. Many times these diets gain quick acclaim and everybody reads fad diet books instead of |
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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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