Communities To Join Fight Against Flab
Sydney Morning Herald
Wednesday May 9, 2007
The fight against fat is to spread from the schoolyard to the neighbourhood under a plan to spur physical activity in the community. With more than 150,000 children already taking part in subsidised after-school activity programs - which have been extended for three years - the Federal Government has decided to extend help to adults.
The super-fit Health Minister, Tony Abbott, says more than half of Australian adults do not perform enough physical exertion to maintain optimum body weight.To counter that the Government is to make $11.7 million available for grants to community organisations to fund such activities as healthy walking groups or exercise equipment.
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