AS PART of the ever popular BDO Get BACk Challenge, Dr Marilyn Glenville, PhD, one of the UK’s leading nutritionists will lead a health and wellness seminar at Thomond Park on Monday May 17 next where she will look at “Eating your way to health – a diet and nutrition approach”.
The Get BACk Challenge brings businesses together to contribute to tackle the problems of cancer and addressing the issues of obesity among young people though encouraging and facilitating sports participation.
This seminar is another vital step along the way to educate and encourage positive health and wellness throughout the community.
Dr Glenville will talk on how proper dietary habits can prevent illness and disease. She will also discuss weight loss and gain and combating it with exercise as well as advising on the foods that people should eat.
The BDO Get BACk Challenge was initially developed to bring businesses and their associates together to raise funds in tackling cancer using a ‘top down’ (care) and ‘bottom up’ (prevention) approach.
The top down ‘care’ approach is designed to fund palliative home care programmes run by local hospices across the Mid West for those unfortunate to be affected by Cancer. The bottom up ‘preventative’ approach is funded on adopting a proactive approach to living a healthy and active lifestyle particularly among young people and counteract the growing issue of obesity and its associated problems. The idea is that encouraging activity among kids and a healthy lifestyle will reduce their risk of contracting life threatening illnesses later in life and that they will carry through a healthy focus with them in life. The principal target groups are those living in the social disadvantaged areas of the region who are most affected by the problems of obesity through a combination of a lack of sport participation opportunities. Together with the annual fund raising cycle and walk, the Get BACk Challenge has raised over €600,000 and continues to assist and develop in the community.
The event runs from 7.45pm and tickets are priced at €15 or four are discounted to €50. www.bdo-getback.com for more details.
