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Beat it
After recently receiving more than
$1 million in funding from the Federal
Government, the Australian Diabetes
Council has announced it will expand
its Beat-It Physical Activity and Lifestyle
program nationally with a focus on Local
Government Areas (LGAs).
Beat-It is a program where the Australian
Diabetes Council trains appropriately qualified
exercise and health professionals to deliver
an individualised group based physical
activity and lifestyle education program.
The program involves 12 weeks of
exercise classes, held twice a week and
fortnightly lifestyle education sessions.
Exercise classes include progressive
resistance training and aerobic exercises
and increase in intensity as participants
increase their fitness. If you would like
to be involved in the Beat-It program,
contact Australian Diabetes Council on
1300 342 248 or bronwynp@australiandiabetescouncil.com.
Australian Diabetes
Council can provide more information
and assist you in your application.
AIS to host
leading
swimming
science forum
the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)
recently formed part of a successful bid to
host the XII International Symposium on
Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming
in 2014 (BMS 2014).
The AIS, in partnership with Swimming
Australia, the John Curtin
School of Medical Research and the
Canberra Convention Bureau, won
the rights to host the event, which
will be the first time in its 40-year
history that the BMS will be held
in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Institute’s detailed proposal and
reputation for hosting congresses and
conferences convinced the Symposium’s
steering group that the AIS was best
placed to deliver a high quality program
in Canberra in 2014.
AIS Head of Aquatic Testing, Training
and Research, Dr Bruce Mason, was
instrumental in ensuring the international
symposium was secured for Canberra. He
personally travelled to Oslo to table the bid.
“To secure an international event of this
standing is a wonderful achievement for
everyone involved in putting our proposal
together,” he says.
“The success of our proposal would not
have been possible without the strong support
of the Canberra Convention Centre,
Swimming Australia, the Australian Government,
the ACT Government and the
John Curtin School of Medical Research
at the Australian National University.
“One of the major reasons the BMS2014
conference was given to Canberra was
the high standard of aquatics research
conducted here. The new technology
pool at the AIS is regarded internationally
by aquatics scientists as a premier international
aquatics research laboratory as well
as an excellent training facility
for elite swimmers.”
The Symposium is expected to bring
more than 500 delegates to Canberra,
providing a significant boost to the tourism
sector.
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