It is National Obesity Week this week. NOW runs from the 17th January to the 30th January and will promote awareness of weight problems and associated diseases such as diabetes.
A recent study shows that approximately half of all adults do not know their own weight. NOW wants to push people into finding out what weight bracket they fall into whether it is underweight, healthy, or over the healthy weight. People are not making healthy lifestyle choices because they do not know that they need to according to NOF (National Obesity Forum), the organisers of the annual awareness programme. They hope that pharmacies will participate in helping customers calculate their BMI in store. The Online Clinic is doing its bit by publishing a BMI calculator on our website. All you have to do is weigh yourself, check your height and then enter the details into our online calculator.