DIETS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND HEALTH
Health organizations and private wellness companies are advocating healthy lifestyle in relation to the prevailing global health trends – the graying population and the rising global healthcare cost.
“Look at the baby boomers, those who are born from 1946 to 1964. If you’ll compute, some of these baby boomers are already retired, with money and time to spent but are health poor. This is primarily the reason for the proliferation of the health supplements,” said Cora Sager, Nestle corporate wellness head.
She continued: “There’s also the rising healthcare cost. It is the number one problem in US. Diabetes, for instance, has gone so high that is already affecting the healthcare cost of the government. This is one of the reasons why WHO came up with the Global Strategy on Diets, Physical Activity, and Health which is amended in 2004, which we, at Nestle, follow.”
As an advocate of healthy lifestyle, Nestle recently launched “I Choose Wellness,” a long-term campaign to promote nutrition, health, and wellness. The campaign will support health trends, discuss key wellness concepts, and implement regular activities for its loyal consumers.
“Our campaign aims to increase awareness and encourage people to start taking small steps consciously to improve their wellness with nutrition and fitness practices. We also launched the wellness passports to help individual define their wellness goals, track their accomplishments, and give them rewards for the progress made,” said Sager.
Being healthy and achieving total wellness means changing the lifestyle that we are so used to. Lifestyle is greatly influenced by the food that a person eats and the physical activities he is doing. It doesn’t start today, last week, or last month, but during early childhood.
Sager warns that fats that a person gained during the childhood period would be carried out during her adulthood. She believes that being healthy (which means good nutrition and regular physical activities) starts during childhood years. She doesn’t advice reducing the food intake for children, but rather increasing the physical activities of the children. – Ma. Glaiza Lee
Health organizations and private wellness companies are advocating healthy lifestyle in relation to the prevailing global health trends – the graying population and the rising global healthcare cost.
“Look at the baby boomers, those who are born from 1946 to 1964. If you’ll compute, some of these baby boomers are already retired, with money and time to spent but are health poor. This is primarily the reason for the proliferation of the health supplements,” said Cora Sager, Nestle corporate wellness head.
She continued: “There’s also the rising healthcare cost. It is the number one problem in US. Diabetes, for instance, has gone so high that is already affecting the healthcare cost of the government. This is one of the reasons why WHO came up with the Global Strategy on Diets, Physical Activity, and Health which is amended in 2004, which we, at Nestle, follow.”
As an advocate of healthy lifestyle, Nestle recently launched “I Choose Wellness,” a long-term campaign to promote nutrition, health, and wellness. The campaign will support health trends, discuss key wellness concepts, and implement regular activities for its loyal consumers.
“Our campaign aims to increase awareness and encourage people to start taking small steps consciously to improve their wellness with nutrition and fitness practices. We also launched the wellness passports to help individual define their wellness goals, track their accomplishments, and give them rewards for the progress made,” said Sager.
Being healthy and achieving total wellness means changing the lifestyle that we are so used to. Lifestyle is greatly influenced by the food that a person eats and the physical activities he is doing. It doesn’t start today, last week, or last month, but during early childhood.
Sager warns that fats that a person gained during the childhood period would be carried out during her adulthood. She believes that being healthy (which means good nutrition and regular physical activities) starts during childhood years. She doesn’t advice reducing the food intake for children, but rather increasing the physical activities of the children. – Ma. Glaiza Lee
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