The Cost of Being Overweight or Obese in Australia
NEWS FEATURE: Health expenditure in Australia increased from $72.2 billion in 1999-2000 to $121.4 billion in 2009-2010. Australians spent $116.3 billion on health goods and services during the 2009-2010 financial year, and this amount is expected to rise in during the 2012. This increase in health expenditure is attributed to the fact that Australian waistlines […]
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Battling Australian Obesity with Smart Thinking
NEWS-IN-BRIEF: 17 million Australians are overweight or obese state the Monash Obesity and Diabetes Institute, and this number is growing. Kylie Ryan, a weight loss motivation specialist that uses Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) takes obesity personally. “I ballooned from a slim child to a buxom 90 kilograms,” said Ryan. “I would pinch and squeeze at the […]
