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Huron's obesity rate sitting at 16.4 per cent
Gerard Creces
Clinton News -Record
The Organization for Eco-
nomic Cooperation and
Development (OECD)
recently released their 2013
statistics on the state of health
care in its 27 member coun-
tries, showing some signifi-
cant gains and challenges to
Canadian's health care.
One in four Canadian
adults were defined as obese
in Canada in 2010, while the
United States has an obesity
rate of more than 36 per cent
and Australia at 28 per cent.
By comparison, the two Asian
countries involved in the sur-
vey - Japan and Korea - both
registered just over four per
cent of the population as
obese.
In Huron County, the com-
bined rate for overweight and
obesity is 48.8 per cent. It's a
harrowing figure, and higher
than the Ontario average of
42 per cent.
Broken down, however,
Huron County is faring
slightly better than the num-
bers say. Using numbers from
a 2009-2010 study conducted
by the Huron County Health
Unit, the rate of obesity is 16.4
per cent, while 32.3 per cent
of the population is
overweight.
The measuring tool is Body
Mass Index, or BMI. Individ-
uals with a BMI of 18.5-24.9
are in the normal range, while
25-29.9 is considered over-
weight and 30 and over is
considered obese. While BMI
is not the only indicator of
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obesity, it does provide a
fairly accurate tool.
Public Health Dietician at
the health unit, Amy Mac-
Donald, said the HCHU is
middle of the road compared
to other health units in the
area.
"We are not too far to either
end of being higher or lower
than the rest of the province,"
she said. "As a health unit, we
have a staff that work on strat-
egies, really making Huron
County a healthier place to
live."
Some of the key strategies
are active transportation
planning - getting people out
on trails and walkable com-
munities; community food
advisers; healthy babies pro-
gramming and in -school
work to help staff, parents
and students take advantage
of healthy opportunities.
Demand for community
food advisers has risen 200
per cent over the past five
years. The volunteer advisers
train people on preparing
nutritious meals.
"If you can't prepare food
you are more likely eating out
and those are not always
healthier options:' she said.
However, those on the low
end of the income scale may
not have the same ability to
purchase healthier food. The
health unit conducts a food
costing survey every year,
finding the price of eating
healthy for families and indi-
viduals. As prices rise, healthy
choices are dropped. Poverty
is one of the key factors in a
person's ability to eat well.
The health unit has no set
number for weight reduction
in Huron County. Rather, they
are looking to increase
healthy eating, fruit and veg-
etable consumption, and
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Huron Hurricanes Aquatic Club
(HHAC) competed in their first swim meet
of the season recently in Orangeville.
The local team competed against 300
swimmers from Port Elgin, Owen Sound,
Bracebridge, Lakeshore and Acton. Almost
every swimmer recorded new personal
best times at the meet, and the Hurricanes
represented Huron County extremely well,
as evidenced by the hardware they
returned home with.
Hurricane Swimmers with top 8
finishes:
Emily Faber (age 10) - 5th - 25m fly, 2nd:
50m breaststroke
Liam Fitzgerald (10) 1st - 1500m free, 5th -
50m free, 2nd - 100m free.
Emma Nethery (10) 4th - 25m fly
Natalie VanNiejenhuis (11) lst place and tro-
phy - 100m back, 2nd - 100m breast-
stroke, 2nd - 200mIM, 2nd - 800m free,
3rd - 50m fly, 3rd - 100m free
Femke Backx (12): 5th - 50m breaststroke
Avery Fitzgerald (13) 5th - 50m fly; 5th -
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presented to the
Board of Health
earlier this
month.
the pool
meet
100m breast-
stroke, 3rd -
1500m free.
Josephine Noel (13)
4th - 100m IM
Jeff Boersma (14)
3rd - 50m fly, 4th
- 100m1M
Jack DeFerrari (14)
2nd - 100m free,
3rd - 50m free
Sabrina Dobos (14)
1st - 50m fly, 2nd
- 50m free, 2nd -
100m free, 3rd -
100m breast, 5th
- 800m free
Cameron Gautier
(14) 6th - 100m
breast, 5th -
200m 11VI, 4th -
50m fly
Kennedy Fitzgerald
(16) 1st -1500m
free
Coach Kristy
Lyon said it was a
fantastic first swim
meet for the 20
participants.
"Some of them
even surprised
me, and I'm happy
for such a great
start to the sea-
son." Lyon said she
excited about
three relay teams
that each placed
third and congrat-
ulated the U10
girls, 13-14 girls
and 13-14 boys'
teams on their
great finishes.
The Hurricanes
season runs from
September
through May, and
accepts new mem-
bers anytime,
prorated.
Contact Lyon at:
swimcoachkristy@
gmail.com or 519-
955-1784 to setup a
free trial at any of
the novice practice
times at the Vanas-
tra Rec Centre and
at the Goderich-
Huron YMCA.
Visit the website
at www.huronhur-
ricanes.ca.