Some data about New Zealanders’ health

The 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey collected information on 4921 children aged form birth to 14 years and 12,488 adults aged 15 years and over. The survey found the majority of New Zealand children and adults are in good health and have excellent access to health care services. Other positive trends were a decrease in the daily smoking rate, a slowing in the rate of increase of obesity in adults and no change in the rate of obesity for Maori adults since 1997.

Now we are still considering number of children and adults who did not meet healthy behavior recommendations. Most of them are not doing physical activity, not eating well and having a smoking free lifestyle. There was also increased prevalence of some common health conditions, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol for men since 2002/03, although this may be decreased by better treatments in primary health care services.

At same time, large amount of people are suffering from the pressure. The New Zealand Health Survey 2006/07 reported over 80% of people has different levels of melancholia. Although most of them are staying at a reasonably low level, melancholia is very hard to control. It just likes an untimed bomb, which easily caused by the stress.

To all the New Zealanders, obesity, melancholia and cancer are three most serious and harmful diseases to us. It easily outbreaks and imperils us in our living environment.

Importance of health

No matter how great you are, how rich you are, or how important you are for the world, health is always a primary concern for everyone. Health could be fragile if you do not pay enough attention to it, it also could be very strong when you take it serious.

A lot of people in this world are seeking wealth. They spent hours working and working, commit themselves to their work, aiming to promotions and higher payment. The entrepreneurs and business people have the common objective of earning money, always thinking of how to earn more money. It goes without saying that money is important; however, the importance of your health could not be underestimated.

Every morning, it has a simple reason that you are able to wake up, take a bath, have breakfast and drive to work only because you have a good health. If you do not feel well, then you do not have any energy to handle daily things. Think about the situation like this, you are in pain, weak and tired, do you think you could still enjoy working and earning money?

Every day, we are eating, breathing, sleeping, working, studying, travelling and so on. You may not realize that each one of these factors is affecting our health. For instance, what you eat affects your health. When you are not care about diet, your health would face problems. Also, when you are standing or sitting too long, your bones would have problems.

Nowadays, health issues become more and more serious, especially for the people who live in the city. They are busy with working, rushing to eat, lacking of sleep and under the pressure all the time. A vicious cycle emerges from this bad life style. Cold, flu, tummy bug, nephropathy, or cancer is easily jeopardizing our health. When you are reading this article, please keep in mind that health should always be the first concern of your life.

Welcome to my creative planning blog

This is Cindy. Welcome to my Creative Planning Blog. This blog is for Planning 331 website assessment. This particular way is an increasingly important medium for communicating.

The website will contain my comments and observations on current issues impacting on planning in New Zealand.

I would mainly focus on health problems and planning issues, particularly concerning about how do health problems and planning issues interrelate with each other. I also found transportation issues somehow cause the health problems as well. Moreover, the super city could deal with this issue.

In this case, three topics would be covered, that is, health, transportation and super city.

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