TYPICALLY, celebrations here in Australia involve sitting or standing around, guzzling our way through a variety of deep-fried/fatty/high sugar/high-salt foods. Washed down with a few (too many?) alcoholic or sugary soft drinks.
With so many adults being overweight, our usual way of celebrating is rather wrong I think.
It may taste good at the time, but is the short-term gain of eating all this food, worth being overweight; not to mention the increased risk of a life-long sentence of diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease.
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Consequently, I encourage us all to do ourselves a kind turn. Use a smaller plate, take the smallest serve, and when you are feeling full – stop eating.
Take your family and friends for a walk, or start a game with the children outside. Try it; I reckon you will feel pretty good about yourselves.
NICOLE INGRAM, nutritionist,
Falcon.