With 7.4 million Australian adults classified as overweight or obese and those figures expected to increase by 50 per cent within five years*, the National Fat-Loss-a-Thon is a necessity for our nation’s health and wellbeing.
Obesity raises an individual’s chance of developing heart disease and diabetes or having a stroke, with Australian Diabetes estimating the financial cost of type 2 diabetes alone as $10.3 billion.