“Swap It, Don’t Stop It !” – How Our Health Campaign Could Help Theirs.

The government pours millions of dollars into campaigns to improve community health by preventative means.  Surely subsidising ADGHRT is a relatively small expense, and one that meets the same objectives, possibly in an even more proven, guaranteed and effective manner !

See below for the links to various national campaigns to improve health throughout Australia’s population.

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/campaign-logos

In particular I think the following campaigns are relevant to the symptoms that come with GHD;

Swap it Don’t Stop it
Swap It Don’t Stop It’ is a new phase of the Measure Up campaign. The campaign is focused on promoting the small, everyday changes you can make to get you on your way to a healthier lifestyle without losing all the things you love.

If the government are serious about this concept they would not stop our access to necessary AGHDRT, but they would swap their inactivity and reluctance to support patients with AHGD, with subsidising GH to enable us to use it for replacement therapy !

How do you measure up?
The Measure Up campaign aims to raise awareness of healthy lifestyle choices and the links between lifestyle behaviours and the risk of chronic disease.

How does the government measure up in this regard ? It would seem they are allowing sedentary behaviour on their part (not addressing the issue of AGHD appropriately) to cause obesity in the community they are meant to be caring for!

GHD typically produces abdominal obesity, a precursor to heart disease.  For adults with GHD, no amount of exercise or nutritional modification will reverse this.  It is only AGHDRT that will effectively prevent the long-term complications of obesity.

Working together for a healthy active Australia. 
The site provides access to practical information and up-dates, news for families, parents, teenagers, children and their carers and older Australians on healthy eating, regular physical activity, overweight and obesity, particularly for children and adolescents and active living.

Regular exercise is one of the many activities that are extraordinarily difficult for patients with ASGHD to participate in.  Surely enabling this population to be more physically active by providing them with accessible AGHDRT will enhance the government’s goals in this area.