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Salient. Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 41 No. 4. March 20 1978

Student Health — The Longer The Beltline—The Shorter The Lifeline

Student Health

The Longer The Beltline—The Shorter The Lifeline

Our bodies are important to us in everyday life and our caring and maintaining of them should play an equally important role. But does it? Abuse of that most vital organ, the stomach, occurs daily. Often it is stuffed to capacity and then left to its own devices to act only digest the beer, chips and ice-cream, but also to get rid of the extra calories.

Energy is the fuel the body needs for all its activities and to service this we must all have an awareness of the right number of calories to meet our energy needs.

Often in a student's life food-habits change rather drastically. It can be due to budgeting and not allowing enough money for the food kitty, or studying and not having enough time to prepare, let alone eat a good meal. Snacks, instead of breakfast or lunch, are also a hazard; (Beware of the cafe). Going flatting for the first time is another hazard if you are disorganised with meal planning. There are many different reasons why you're maybe overweight and if so, we are here to help you.

A Weight Watchers Clinic is held every Monday afternoon, between 2—4 pm. at the Student Health Service. One of the nurses Main or Vivienne together with Diana Jones, from Physical Recreation Centre, are the people you see. We like to weigh you in each week and then spend time discussing exercises, food habits and how you would like to lose weight. We give the guide-lines—you lose the weight.

The scales inside the Health Service are available for anyone to use when you wish and we also have many good pamphlets with detailed information on this important subject.