Continuing from the previous post....
As I posted previously, adequate nutrition and exercise are the mainstays of both prevention and management of overweight and obese children and adults. But what strategies and methods using these in combination were found by the report to be most cost effective? I will discuss these below. But first, the Chair of the Committee remarked that centralized, coordinated, strategic intervention was necessary - in other words a London wide strategy for tackling obesity. This no doubt is true. But I stress again, any strategy that does not take into account the need for proper parental or guardian education, accountability and responsibility is doomed to failure.
This is borne out by the findings of those who compiled the report. The most cost effective strategies were those that combined nutritional advice and physical activity. No real surprises there! However, a key point here is that people need to be regularly motivated to continue to make the right choices and take appropriate action - and this is where the the support of an experienced, dedicated and inspirational health coach becomes invaluable, the missing link, so to speak....
To your abundant excellent health,
Dr Ike
Holistic Health Coach and Functional Health Expert.
Sources:
Edmonton Advertiser and Herald
Tipping the Scales: Report published by the London Assembly's Health and Public Services Committee.
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