Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise

This is a nationwide issue

Affecting:

Children, Community, Food & Drink, Health and Beauty, Shopping, Sports, Transport, Electricity, Gas, Water & Waste,

We live in an environment that promotes over consumption and inactivity. Worst of all, most product and service providers in the health and fitness industry appear to be focused on cashing in from the issue, rather then providing genuine solutions.

What we're doing about it

0 Popular Solutions to this, 14 other possible solutions

Around here we don't just talk about issues, we come up with solutions and do something about it!

Solutions

Make healthier foods cheaper

4 people support this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise

Helathy foods should be cheaper, the reason we have such a problem here is because you can buy a large pizza to feed a family cheaper than an average dinner that is good for you, in times like these it's too hard to eat healthy when that option is... see details

Nationwide Cycling Highway for New Zealand

3 people support this, addressing Recession and 3 other issues

The Prime Minister and minister of Tourism John key has kicked off the idea of a national cycling highway to stretch from Cape Reinga to the Bluff It will take two years to build and the energies of nearly 4,000 Kiwis who have lost their jobs. ... see details

Reporting of Success Rates in Health and Fitness Industry

2 people support this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise

All businesses in the Health and Fitness Industry should monitor and report their success rates (customers achieving their health goals). It would then require educating the public to ask for these success rates before purchasing a product or serv... see details

Work Place Fitness Programs

2 people support this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise

Companies could introduce a fitness program where employees are required to take 25 mins of their day to exercise, after all a healthy worker is a happy worker and thus more productive. see details

Get fit??

1 person supports this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise

Lets be honest it is about heathly eating and getting out to do a very simple thing called exercise!!! Don't over eat and sit on your arse all day, e.g. take the stairs not the lift. Simple things like this will help improve the obesity issue in NZ. see details

Cycling & Walking Journey Planner

1 person supports this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise and 1 other issue

This website allows both cyclists and walkers in the Wellington region to plot routes that can be both convenient and safe. www.journeyplanner.org.nz see details

Education

1 person supports this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise

Education of people from an early age as to what foods are and aren't healthy is one way to do it, 'get em while they're young' but parents also need to be educated, as well as everyone else. The average person doesn't eat a pie thinking "thi... see details

Office Workplace environment

1 person supports this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise

Such a large portion of workers work in an office and have next to no physical exercise. An option here is for the government to target people in office working environments, by a type of public service announcement to help make office workers ... see details

Demand better nutrition labeling

1 person supports this, addressing Obesity rates in NZ continue to rise

Right now, producers do not have to break down ingredients if it constitutes less than 5% of the total food product, leading to unhelpful labeling. Chemical compounds are hidden under the less threatening sounding "preservatives" or &qu... see details

A Sense of Humour

0 people support this, addressing Recession and 5 other issues

New Zealanders traditionally have a hard time laughing at themselves. As new country, we don't take well to criticism or jokes at our expense. Perhaps it's because we're all a little insecure that, in spite of the LOTR mountains, beautiful bea... see details

What people have to say

Maryanne Carman from Web Rich

04:06 PM, Wednesday 09 September 2009

"There are so many factors that contribute to NZers becoming obese one of the large contributors being fast food outlets that offer convenience at a great cost. But that convenience comes with its own hefty price as well. We need to be more proactive in our own lives and start taking some responsibility for what we put on our plates."

Tim Norton from Airspace

11:23 AM, Friday 06 February 2009

"This is a major for nz as much as it is anywhere I'm the world with our current rate of obesity running at 26% this is not a sign of a happy engaged population, we've got to recognize that obesity is an indicator of unhealthy behavior"