Obesity crisis widens….

The Adelaide Advertiser recently reported on the concerning rate of Australian waistlines growing 1.9cm in the past 4 years with 2 million people now classified as overweight or obese. The debate still rages on the what the key drivers of…

More evidence showing exercise intensity being of greater importance than exercise volume

A recent study (October 2012) published in the British Medical Journal has confirmed that that physical activity was important in reducing ‘Metabolic Syndrome’ risk (diabetes, heart disease, stroke, obesity, etc). The really interesting finding from the study of 10,000+ men/women…

It’s time to take the focus off appearance

I was browsing through The Advertiser on 17/10/12 and was shocked to see the headline ‘Half our Kids are on a Diet’. Reading further the article described children who were 10-11 years old trying to diet to lose weight with…