Canadian fatties: unite in health.
The cardinal rule for all deep sea divers is this: plan your dive and dive your plan. It’s plain and simple: follow your plan or you will die. On the other hand, as many overweight people know, it is easy to plan a diet but, gosh, how hard it is to stick to it. And how easily all those Sunday night, practical and healthy decisions crumble when faced with a pint of ice-cream, a bar of your favorite chocolate, a crunchy sizzling pizza or a burger with two gigantic slices of bacon and a side of putin. And another week goes by. No gym, no time, no will, no health.
Obesity leads to cancer. Is it a rule? For you, it most definitely is, if you are part of the 33.33% of Canadians who are now undergoing chemotherapy due to a cancer related to obesity problems. That is a fair assessment from the report released last week in London by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund.
Based on 7,000 studies, the report calls on governments to legislate healthy living, such as mandatory walking and cycling paths, better prices for healthier food, bans on ads and built-in exercise opportunities for children in schools. The report authors, in a bold move, noted that individuals bear responsibility for health and should change their lifestyles accordingly.
