NORTHERN FARMING LIFESTYLES May 2019
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Help beat bowel cancer Bowel Cancer New Zealand has launched the Move your Butt campaign for bowel cancer awareness month this June. “No one likes to talk about bowel cancer, yet it kills as many New Zealanders as breast and prostate cancer combined. During June alone, 100 Kiwis will die, and a further 250 will be diagnosed. It is a national emergency, and it is important that New Zealanders are aware of the signs and symptoms and most importantly, how to prevent it,” says Bowel Cancer New Zealand general manager, Rebekah Heal. “This new campaign encourages all New Zealanders to get off their butts and challenge themselves to move more, as exercising more and eating well are proven to help beat bowel cancer.” Bowel Cancer New Zealand is asking all New Zealanders young or old, fit or unfit to move their butts more during the month of June. “The challenge does not need to be extreme like running a marathon. It simply means challenging yourself to exercise more than you usually do. We are aiming to get all Kiwis off the couch and moving more — even if it is just a 10-minute walk a day. “Everyone who takes part will be helping themselves prevent bowel cancer, and by getting their friends and family to sponsor them, they will be raising valuable funds to beat this silent killer.”
Move your Butt month is being supported by a range of ambassadors including One News sports commentator Jenny-May Clarkson and Claire Turnbull, a nutritionist from Mission Nutrition and Healthy Food Guide. Jenny-May lost her brother to bowel cancer at age 56, so she knows first hand how important it is to seek help early. She is taking on the Move your Butt challenge to raise awareness of bowel cancer and its symptoms. “I believe he knew something wasn’t right. While he had all the classic symptoms, I am not certain he was aware that it was cancer,” said Jenny-May. “Cancer is such as hideous thing, no matter what kind of cancer it is but because my brother died of bowel cancer, I am acutely aware of it.” Symptoms of bowel cancer can include bleeding from the bottom or seeing blood in the toilet after a bowel motion, change of bowel motions over several weeks without returning to normal, persistent or periodic severe pain the abdomen, a lump or mass in the abdomen, tiredness and loss of weight for no particular reason and anaemia. So get moving sign up at moveyourbutt.org.nz to help more New Zealanders beat bowel cancer.
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