[b]Toughen Up 10% Together in The Grove[/b]
[u]Variety of options for determining 10%[/u]
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[li]MeasureUp tape measures – 10% of the excess [/li]
[li]Weight on scales – 10% of excess above some ideal [/li]
[li]BMI – 10% of excess [/li]
[li]Blood test to determine leptin levels [/li]
[li]Cardiovascular fitness measures[/li]
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[u]Partnering/buddying/do it as a group [/u]
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[li]Launch at a whole The Grove community level [/li]
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[li]Local papers [/li]
[li]Local radio [/li]
[li]A mail-out to all local homes – would need funding for printing and distribution[/li]
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[li]Launch at local group newsletter level [/li]
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[li]All local school newsletters [/li]
[li]All local church newsletters [/li]
[li]All local sports club newsletters and fitness groups[/li]
[li]All local service club newsletters [/li]
[li]Local men’s sheds seniors groups craft groups book clubs parenting groups [/li]
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[li]Badge around the concept of locals doing it together [/li]
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[li]Badges – I’m buddying with ‘Pam’ to Toughen Up 10% Together in The Grove [/li]
[li]Book marks – I’m partnering with ‘Mary’s Book Club’ to Toughen Up 10% Together in The Grove [/li]
[li]Carry bags – I’m on board with ‘Ferny State School’ to Toughen Up 10% Together in The Grove[/li]
[li]Logo Caps – I’m teaming up with ‘Men’s Shed’ to Toughen Up 10% Together in The Grove[/li]
[li]Car stickers – I’m teaming with ‘Arana Gym Club’ to Toughen Up 10% Together in The Grove [/li]
[li]Badges – I’m working with the ‘Jones family’ to Toughen Up 10% Together in The Grove [/li]
[li]Big display posters – Our business is part of the solution to Toughen Up 10% Together in The Grove[/li]
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[u] Community reporting of progress and ideas that work [/u]
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[li]Progress reports in local papers [/li]
[li]Sharing best ideas for toughening up and turning 10% of flab into a tauter body [/li]
[li]Invite news media (Current Affairs…) to do some local interviews about the campaign [/li]
[li]Competition opportunities with recognition when they meet 10% target [/li]
[ul][li]Which school community is toughening up towards 10% target? [/li]
[li]Which sports team is toughening up towards 10% target? [/li]
[li]Which church is toughening up towards 10% target? [/li]
[li]Which family is toughening up towards 10% target? [/li]
[li]Which buddy pair is toughening up towards 10% target?[/li]
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[u]Hold some community forums/debate-style on some of the nutrition questions that are still widely unresolved in our community with expert preparation to provide solid research evidence and debate both sides so that wrong arguments are countered[/u]
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[li]Is margarine or butter better? What is the correct story about fats & oils? Olive omega -3 omega-6 seed oils. [/li]
[li]What role should carbohydrates play in our diet? What role does high/low glycaemic index play? [/li]
[li]Where does sugar fit in? What about ‘diet’ options (aspartane…) and ‘trim’ options? [/li]
[li]What about salt? [/li]
[li]Fruit and veges – 2 and 5. Is it simply a case of eating lots of fruit and veges? What about fructose? Are all veges the same? [/li]
[li]What about meat chicken fish? [/li]
[li]What about soy? [/li]
[li]Where are we getting our essential nutrients minerals vitamins? What are they? [/li]
[li]Is food combining helpful or not?[/li]
[li]What about food quantities and calories? [/li]
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[u]Start identifying where our ‘danger points’ are in our community where flab comes in [/u]
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[li]the hi-carb sugar softdrink aisles in the supermarkets [/li]
[li]the lolly bars in the newsagents and service stations and sports canteens[/li]
[li]the chip and roast potato outlets [/li]
[li]the softdrink and icecream outlets [/li]
[li]the morning and afternoon tea cakes muffins scones biscuits [/li]
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[u]Identify the damage outlets (ask people to spot them but don’t announce publicly)[/u]
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[li]Ask the damaging outlets (in confidence – but share that they have been identified as a source of damage to the community) to reduce their damaging output 10% or improve their range 10% in the healthy direction & invite them to become a recognised part of ‘the solution’ [/li]
[li] Reduce the portion size of chip serves 10% [/li]
[li] Reduce the unhealthy options on the menu 10% [/li]
[li] Discuss with them some alternatives[/li]
[li] Increase the healthy options (with no change in unhealthy options) enough to achieve an overall improvement of 10% [/li]
[li] Work out the calorie content for the most damaging items widely sold locally and print these on a pamphlet to the whole community[/li]
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[u]Explain it as part of a major significant health vision [/u]
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[li]Softness (flab excess weight) is a major health risk (heart diabetescancer…) [/li]
[li]Need to reverse the trend to growing obesity [/li]
[li]Need to set achievable goals [/li]
[li]A 10% goal achieved community-wide would represent a major health achievement [/li]
[li]Well ahead of how Queensland is going towards achieving its 2020 target (they’re going backwards)[/li]
[li]We’d stand out in Australia[/li]
[li]It is a milestone in the right direction – we could keep going further if we wanted[/li]
[li]Done as a community we could support each other to achieve it and learn new habits together [/li]
[li]It is more a community level problem than an individual level problem in many ways[/li]
[li]As a whole community toughening up and losing flab is the biggest thing we could do to improve our health [/li]
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