12 January, 2016

Women’s health conference seeks to dispel diet myths

Fad diets and internet-inspired quick fixes are keeping overweight people fat and unhappy, according to the organiser of a new women’s health conference to be held in Melbourne next month.

The first Symposium for Health Weekend will be held in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne over three days February 12 to 14. It aims to empower women – especially those struggling with weight issues – to take charge of their health.

“Health is not a fad – it’s a fundamental foundation for a long and fruitful life,” organiser Moira Mevissen said.

“Many women are fixated on their digital screens, constantly seeking quick fixes and fad diets to lose weight unaware that there are a complex array of mental, emotional, spiritual and physical reasons they are piling on kilos.”

Mevissen herself lost 42kg in four months last year and decided to organise the event following requests from friends for a forum for women to look at why weight can be hard to shed. Although she says her weight loss journey is ongoing, she believes that by helping others she will help herself.

“The health experts we have gathered from around Australia for this ground-breaking symposium will teach women how to stop and listen to their own bodies first and then look at their whole life to pinpoint underlying causes of weight gain,” she said.

“Many women let their feelings rule their actions but by partnering one-on-one with health experts and learning how to ask the right questions, they can dramatically change their habits and stop the endless cycle of struggle.”

The event falls over Valentine’s Day weekend with the timing in no way coincidental.

“I want women to love and value themselves enough to seek help, look at their lives and take intelligent, mature and meaningful actions that return them to the healthy people we all deserve to be,” Mevissen said.

“It all comes down to being calm and mindful and partnering with experts to find the root causes that have stopped you losing weight for so long and then taking actions that serve your own body and valuing yourself enough to stick with it.

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Natasha David says:
January 14, 2016 at 12:04 pm
Great article! If people would like to register for this event you can find it here https://www.facebook.com/Symposium-for-Health-Event-February-2016-1012506995459469/?fref=ts
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