Life

A Body Mass Index of more than 25 doubles the risk of coronary heart disease. The risk quadruples if BMI is 29 or more. (from Food and Lifestyle: Healthy Eating and Weight Management by Pinki Sahota, PhD, RD, RPHNut, in Lifestyle Management in Health and Social Care, ed. Miranda Thew and Jim McKenna, 2008)

In industrial societies, characterized by prosperity and abundance and increasing life expectancy, so called 'national diseases' are becoming a rising danger.

It is February 1, as I write this, and it is a beautiful day, although still cold, but things are beginning to show definite signs of life.

As the calendar edges toward March and the first day of spring, gardeners in Victoria are eagerly gearing up for a growing season that comes early here on the West Coast.

Just for a change from the rain, today we have fog, but it seems to be thinning, and shortly I’ll wager we’ll have a sunny afternoon, and won’t that be lovely.