By the completion of this talk, I am sure that you will be inspired to get up and start your plans to becoming more active. I will be outlining the benefits of exercise; the risk factors of being overweight give you some suggestions for physical activity and lastly through the use of overheads, show how obesity has become an epidemic in Australia and ultimately all around the world.

Firstly the benefits. "The benefits of exercise are vast and varied. The American Heart Association lists benefits which include: reduced risk

All of us have areas that we can improve on. By improving our physical imperfections it makes us feel great. Some people were raised to eat everything on their plate whether it was healthy or not. If your mom made the food, then it was eaten. What our generation should do is learn from our parents’ mistakes. We should start cooking our children healthier foods so that they will grow up knowing and living healthier lifestyles. Others say that there is just not enough time to exercise or that fat free foods don’t taste as good as fattening foods. However, we should make the time to exercise so that we can improve our mental and physical state. Some people say that problems make them eat more, but we should practice more self-control during times that we are having problems. There are also the people that say they are not able to exercise because of physical problems, however, they are still able to eat healthy foods. In fact, people that do suffer from physical ailments and are not able to exercise should be that much more interested in learning to eat healthy. These excuses for choosing to live unhealthy in my opinion are just that; excuses! It is now time to make our choice. A healthy lifestyle and learning to exercise will benefit each one of us. Will we continue to live as unhealthy blobs, or will we

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