Research...

In order to change the body, the mind must change first.

For my body to change I must address my mind set and behaviours. I think the best way of doing this will be through research. So I decided to look at the consequences of living a poor lifestyle and identified Britain's "5" biggest killers as a way of doing this.

• Stroke
• Cancer
• Lung Disease
• Liver Disease
• Heart Disease

Between them they cause up to 150,000 deaths a year among the under 75's.
The department of health estimates that 30,000 of the deaths could have been avoided through better lifestyle choices.

The biggest risk factor to health...

• Smoking  
• Being overweight or obese
• High blood pressure

100,000 die every year due to smoking.

Obesity is on the rise in the UK with the amount of adults with a healthy BMI falling to just 34% in men and 39% in women!

In 2011 53% of obese men and 44% of obese women were found to have high blood pressure.

To think, I fall into one of these categories which has really brought home how important it is that we all make better life choices, myself included, as this is a stark reality of what the future could hold.

Source: Source: Unhealthy Britain: nation's five big killers By Michelle Roberts,Last updated, 5 March 2013, [online] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21667065, accessed 27/01/14