In about 30 years, 60% of Australian children may be overweight and obese, this is the study provided by a health expert in the country, Professor Kevin Norton. The expert nutritionist also indicates that the government has to take action on the matter as soon as possible and that it must make a strong investment in prevention and education.
To make the numbers that allowed us to calculate how the obesity index would be in 30 years, we analyzed the data of the different weights that were taken over 100 years in hospitals and pediatric consultations to about 500,000 children aged between 5 and 15 years old It seems that from the 1970s, overweight and obesity began to shoot.
Now all efforts are focused on preventive campaigns, it is the only option if Australians do not want to become the country with the fattest children in the world. To really check the healthy state of this continent, nothing better than to look at the news published on BBC NEW for example. The health system in this country must reshape its ambulances and transport vehicles for patients due to the high rates of overweight and obesity of the population, up to 67% of people over 25 suffer from this type of problems and as explained in the news, there are several cases of overweight children who are only two years old.
Ambulances and airplanes belonging to the health system are remodeled to be able to carry patients that reach 350 kilos of weight. Some years ago they already equipped the health service with special ambulances, but apparently they are overflowed with work and it is necessary that the entire fleet incorporate the relevant modifications.
Lifting platforms, special wheelchairs and other appliances will be suitable to meet the obese, anyway this is a solution for the current situation, the other prepared measure is much more interesting, since the Australian government has prepared a blunt budget for fight against overweight and obesity, such as the 10 million dollars allocated to various educational programs in schools on the eating habits to be taken.
