Medisister Launches Healthy Weight Campaign

Online, January 5, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The interactive Medisister website hub for nursing professionals at www.medisister.com is taking a new initiative in the ongoing battle against being overweight and obesity in the UK. Medisister points to recent statistics that showed nearly a quarter of adults over 16 in England were obese and that obesity can cause health problems such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, osteoarthritis and some cancers, while obese adults over 40 years old risk a reduction in life expectancy of 6 to 7 years.

Choosing "Weight Management" as its monthly Hot Topic for January, Medisister is seeking the views of nurses on the best ways of reaching a healthy weight through diet and exercise. Taking information from the NHS and a range of other sources, Medisister has provided background material for nurses at www.medisister.com, including from the Government's wide ranging Foresight Report "Tackling Obesities: Future Choices" and is confident that this subject will prove a good opening for its range of interactive information and discussion campaigns for 2012.

Medisister offers a range of great ideas for nurses on work, leisure and lifestyle. The objectives of Medisister are to:

• Help, motivate and reward nurses
• Make the difficult jobs that nurses have to do easier to perform
• Provide nurses with a new channel to communicate their views and experience

Provided by MedIsis, a major source of information and resources for the nursing profession, www.medisister.com offers wide ranging practical help and the means to keep in touch socially and swap ideas.

The range of benefits that nurses can enjoy through visiting the Medisister site include:

• Access to a wide range of easy-to-order free healthcare information from a direct link with www.medisis.com
• Regular competitions, incentives and promotions with attractive prizes
• Current news, hot topics and interactive forums
• Awards for initiative and professionalism

The 'Hot Topic' is one of the features of the Medisister site and the theme changes every month and an exciting range of new Hot Topics is being currently scheduled in for 2012.