The Rural Voice, 1979-02, Page 9Getting fit is something
you can do
That may be part of farmers adapting to a whole new
ballgame.
Farmers didn't used to have time or money for physical
recreation. Besides who wanted to work up a sweat for fun after a
hard day in the barn? Now, many have decided that curling,
cross country skiing, hunting or swimming is as necessary for
good health as an occasional doctor's check-up.
The same goes for more sensible eating habits.
It may be a bit easier for farm families to get good nutrition,
Wouldn't you rather
watch your weight
than have everyone else
watching it?
Bruce County Home economist Barb DeVisscher suggests,
when the whole family is home for three meals a day. She was
echoed by Huron nutritionist Cathy Thomson who says rural
people probably eat at home more and don't overuse fast food
places as urban people tend to do.
It still makes sense on the farm for a whole family to sit down
to a nourishing home cooked meal, while temptation from nearby
fast food outlets is reducing the number of meals many city
You don't
have to take
that much weight
off your body
to take a lot
of weight
off your mind.
families eat in the home.
That's reassuring somehow.
Canadians, rural and urban, eat too much of the wrong things
and fail to get enough exercise. Admitting that is the first step
towards curing it.
There's been more attempt to stress the fact since a 1974
Nutrition Canada survey documented the problem.
And there are a few stirrings and signs that the farm
population is aware of it.
Take a second look out the window on the next sunny winter
day. That's your neighour skiing down his lane, eating crunchy
granola.
lIer!orin a
death -defying
Stop smoking.
Corrections
The cutline under a photograph on page 12, of the January
issue of The Rural Voice, was incorrect. The agriculture student
pictured sitting at a table in the Women In Agriculture display at
Centralia College of Agricultural Technology was Connie Giffen
of Simcoe County, not Dianna Brand of Clinton, as the cutline
stated. The Rural Voice wishes to apologize to both Miss Brand
and Miss Giffen for any inconvenience caused by this error.
1 n the article on young farmers in the January issue of The
Rural \ rice, an error was made in our description of one of the
men, hurt Keli,;r.
Although Mr. Keller started working on construction when he
was 16 years old, he was employed in this work only in the
summers. The young Mitchell area farmer has completed his
high school education and one year of community college.
The Rural Voice apologizes for the error.
THE RURAL VOICE/FEBRUARY 1979 PG. 9