What is LifeMechanics?
| 11 October 2009
‘LifeMechanics’ is a medical health club that will provide a personalised scientific approach to help clients achieve long term health and lifestyle goals utilising current scientific testing methodologies and evidence based practices. The operative principle of ‘LifeMechanics’ will be an evidence-based approach drawing upon knowledge in Nutrition, Exercise Prescription, Biochemistry of Exercise, Physiology of Exercise, Injury Prevention, Sports Psychology and Biomechanics to implement fatloss solutions and 20 minute H.I.I.T workouts, with access to health professionals, thus promoting express fitness with the esteem and value of educated health professionals.
‘LifeMechanics’ main objective will be to instil regular moderate activity and healthy eating that will provide numerous health benefits to our members including:
o Reduce the prevalence of obesity
o Reduced risk of premature death;
o Reduced risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, hypertension, disease, stroke, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure;
o Reducing and managing depression and anxiety;
o Improved self-esteem;
o Muscle and bone strengthening;
o More successful weight management;
o Improved sleep; and
o Improving mood and boosting mental alertness.
It is through the application of evidence based scientific principles that ‘Life Mechanics’ will play a crucial facilitative role, which aims to resolve obesity and physical inactivity.
The ‘Life Mechanics’ motto is simple:
“Come in and meet your potential self, we’ll provide the introduction”
We are now No.1
AUSTRALIA is officially the heavyweight champion of the world, 26 per cent of adult Australians – almost four million – are now obese according to figures, showing the nation has a greater proportion of obese citizens than the US who have a 25 per cent obesity rate as published in ‘Australia's Future Fat Bomb’ a report by the Baker Heart Research Institute (2008).
Despite the high profile of obesity as a major public health issue, the number of Australians (both young and old) who become overweight or obese shows no sign of abating - reaching epidemic proportions in recent years (Baker Heart Research Institute,2008).
FAT facts and figures:
· Overweight and obesity have become to diabetes what tobacco is to lung cancer
· More than half of all Australian adults are overweight or obese (Appendix A Figure 1):
· About 75% of overweight or obese teenagers become overweight or obese adults
· The 55-59 year age group contains the largest number of obese people for both men (183,200) and women (231,600) and therefore are at a higher risk of developing:
o Type 2 diabetes
o High blood pressure
o High blood cholesterol
o Cardiovascular disease
o Kidney disease
o Depression
o Certain cancers
o Sleep apnoea
o Osteoarthritis
· Over 290,000 young Australians (aged 5-19 years) are obese
· 275 people are diagnosed with diabetes every day
· An estimated 122,500 men and women will die (many prematurely) from CVD related to their excess weight in the next 20 years
· The net cost of lost wellbeing (the dollar value of the burden of disease, netting out financial costs borne by individuals) was valued at a further $49.9 billion, bringing the total cost of obesity in 2008 to $58.2 billion (Diabetes Australia, 2008)
By 2020 about 75 per cent of the Australian population will be overweight or obese (AIHW, 2004). Obesity is a significant health problem and will present significant financial burdens to our nations future.
