• Be part of an initiative that strives
on promoting physical activity to prevent chronic disease.
• Share common goals with other members and professionals to
spread the word on physical fitness
and healthy lifestyles.
• Millions
of children could end up with diabetes and heart disease linked to
being overweight and their parents are
not even aware of it, researchers reported.
• The
arteries of overweight children act
like those of middle-aged smokers, but
the damage can be reversed through diet and regular exercise, according to a
report.
• Preventable illness makes up 80% of the
burden of illness and accounts for eight
out of the nine leading categories
of death.
• Obesity is one of the largest contributors
to preventable illness with links to six
out of the nine leading causes of death.
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