Health Check & Guidelines
Health Check & Guidelines
- On a scale of 1-10, where do you rate yourself in regards to health & fitness?
- What impact is your current lifestyle having on your well being?
- How do you sabotage your health?
- What structures/ support do you have in place to promote your health & wellbeing?
- What is possible for you in the future in regards to your health & fitness?
Australian Health Check
7.4 million (55%) Australians are overweight, almost 2.5 million are obese.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Australia, accounting for 34% of all deaths in Australia in 2006. Cardiovascular disease kills one Australian nearly every 10 minutes. (Heart Foundation) CVD affects one in five Australians, and affects two out of three families
A simple strategy such as losing 5kg in 5 months has the potential to result in 27-34% fewer CVD related hospital admissions and deaths over the next 20 years.
In the next 5 years 1 in 7 people will become diabetic! (Diabetes Australia) Lifestyle courses have been shown to prevent type 2 diabetes in up to 58% of people!
Every 8 minutes, someone is admitted to an Australian hospital with an osteoporotic fracture. This is expected to rise to every 3 – 4 minutes by the year 2021. Resistance training has been proven to reverse the onset of osteoporosis!
Up to 90% of Australians will suffer from a serious episode of lower back pain at some point in their lives.
26% of people aged 16 to 24 (650,000 people) — suffered mental illnesses in 2007. (Australian Bureau of Statistics). Research has shown exercise to be as effective as medication in moderating the symptoms in some cases of depressive illness!
Sedentary lifestyle is a health hazard!