Yesterday I was reading about the issue of the amount of people (including children) being overweight. According to news-medical.net, obesity and overweight have in the last decade become a global problem. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) back in 2005 approximately 1.6 billion adults over the of age 15+ were overweight, at least 400 million adults were obese, and at least 20 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight. Experts believe if the current trends continue by 2015 approximately 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese. The scale of the obesity problem has a number of serious consequences for individuals and government health systems.
This really is an alarming issue and because of this a new outdoor adventure crowd called Griggs Outdoor Adventure Learning - GOAL have started up as discussed in my earlier blog. They have viewed these worrying statistics and believe there is a desperate need to encourage our young and old to adventure outdoors. As the author of this blog I believe that we can learn so much from each other and outdoor adventure programs are in essence designed to rejuvenate that love for the outdoors. So I wonder if you would agree with me by saying that: "Outdoor recreation could be the best obesity problem solver there is!"
GOAL runs fun, safe and professional outdoor programs that will help in the effort to reduce these alarming statistics and currently offers a Massive 20% Discount if you make and pay for a booking during December 2011 or January 2012 for small school groups or home education groups. So if you are in the Nymboida area and would like to take advantage of this offer, simply mention this blog when obtaining a quote to receive your discount. To make further inquiries or read about the activities simply visit http://outdooradventurelearning.com.au/
The main Teaching Strategy here is of course that we must keep our children or students active while learning. However, there is a desperate need to keep ourselves active too, how else are we to keep up with these fit youngsters and continue teaching them. We need to live by example and being fit and active ourselves is a good thing.