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You help is required to spread the word about the seriousness of obesity, heart disease and diabetes.

How you can help

• Join our Facebook cause
• Invite all your friends by signing the 'Invite Pledge'
• Share the cause on your wall for friends to join
• Activate news feeds for causes app
• Tell your friends and family
• Become a 'fan' of the cause.

Did you know...

• Heart disease and kidney failure are the main complications associated with obesity and diabetes.
• Every ten minutes an Australian dies from heart disease.
• Statistics predict that by 2050, 60% of adult men, 50% of adult women and about 25% of children under 16 could be obese.
• Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in Australians, according to latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
• Each day, approximately 275 Australians develop diabetes - over the course of one year, that's equivalent to filling all the seats and standing room at the MCG. 
• There are currently 890,000 Australians who have been diagnosed with diabetes. To put this into perspective, that's about one and a half times the populations of Tasmania.
  

So it 's more critical than ever that we educate the community and work together to find solutions.You can start by joining our Facebok cause and spreading the word.