Marc Wellness International Blog

The Australian today has written an article “Obesity costs nation $58bn” with information from a new report, released at a government forum in Tasmania, which shows the full cost of obesity to be $58 billion, far exceeding the $21 billion bill estimated in 2006.  
Whilst we as a nation have of late been told we are now the “fattest nation” in the world, now we are being told how much it is costing us! My question is when will we be told initiatives on how to prevent obesity from occurring?  

It is Richard and my passion of helping as many individuals as possible to live a healthier life and we know the implications obesity has on individuals and with this in mind we knew we had to do something about it. And believe the best way to help with this epidemic is to start educating families about the correct eating habits and lifestyle habits in the environment they live and lead starting in the home. With the true emphasis on leading a healthy lifestyle starting with the lifestyle habits we develop from dad and mum.  

We know parents are in an uphill battle with environmental and social factors in our society today influencing the kids to become more inactive such as playstations, internet, fast paced society and stranger danger. All of these contributing factors are affecting our kids today to become more sedentary and inactive but we can not just say these factors are to blame… If the government and society really wants to make a difference to the fast growing rate of obesity, it is time to step up and take action.
 Let’s make a difference in our lifestyle today. But without change there is no change. 

And individuals need to make the decision to live a healthier lifestyle. However for some the decision may be a difficult one as they are not too sure of where to start making the changes in their lifestyle. Some may be afraid to go on a diet as they know that it is only a short stint and after the diet they are back to their old habits.  You see… to live a healthy life it is all about making lifestyle choices in your everyday life. It is not about a short diet then jumping back into the old eating habits, it is about making changes and changing unhealthy lifestyle habits in the everyday life for a healthier future. And this is the reason why we wanted to take action and help families, parents and kids to lead a healthier longer life! We wanted to provide families with a simplified guide to a healthy family that they could implement and use. We spent years researching and developing our book called “Please Mum, Don’t Supersize Me!” which was released in all good book stores throughout Australia earlier this year. It is an awareness atlas and an essential guide for a healthy child. Don’t believe me, see what others have said about it!
 “It’s the most successful diet of all… no pills or potions”A Current Affair – March 2008  

 “It’s a timely and worthwhile publication” Alan Jones, 2GB Radio

“A valuable resource and essential reading for families”  Alan Thompson, head coach, Australian Swim Team 

 “It is a perfect fit for families who want to lead more healthy lifestyles” Christopher Guerriero founder & CEO of the National Metabolic & Longevity Research Center  

We have all heard many statistic after statistic that is released but it is time for action. And we are here to take action and make a difference to assist with this growing epidemic. And as a follow up to our book “Please Mum, Don’t Supersize Me!”, we are currently in the final stages of finishing the development of a new program called “The Secrets of a Healthy Family” where we share with you what we believe are the 7 Secrets of a Healthy Family whilst also interviewing 7 health and wellness experts from around the world with their views. Because we are about helping individuals to live a long, healthy, happy life!