great info, but surely we need the internet connection to access the site right? Alas, most of the time we are in the blank spot area,await till internet connection is cover the world over. LOL
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Subject: [pelaut] Double Bottoms
Double Bottoms
Concern has been voiced recently about the size of seafarers and the physical fitness (or lack of it) of those heading off to work at sea. The alarm has been raised over the number of seafarers failing their medical tests, finding themselves classed as unfit for work because they are overweight under the widely-used but by no means infallible Body Mass Index (BMI) method.
The head of the Norwegian Maritime Directorate (NMD) said seafarers were losing their health certificates because their BMI scores were over 35 and were becoming, "vulnerable to diabetes and heart conditions through lack of exercise and poor diet".
The ideal BMI is said to be between 18 and 25, while a score of over 25 is classed as overweight and over 30 obese. In 2010, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics, 57% of males in Norway (average BMI 26.28) and 55% of Danes (BMI 25.75) were overweight or obese, while the corresponding figures in India (BMI 22.50) and The Philippines (BMI 22.73) - two major labour-supplying countries - were 20% and 22%, respectively.
So what to do? Well, seafaring costs and this is where we start paying… in sweat. Thankfully we can wave goodbye to the double bottoms and paunches on the poop as a new seafarers' fitness website has been launched aimed at increasing the fitness of seafarers.
The website has been developed by the Norwegian Maritime Authority for the International Committee on Seafarers' Welfare (ICSW) to persuade seafarers to pursue a healthy lifestyle and to understand the link between physical training, nutrition, and fatigue.
The website enables the seafarers to measure their fitness through an online calculator and to start on a programme of physical training to improve their wellbeing and physical health. Seafarers are able to register on the site and record their workouts. Seafarers can compete among themselves, and against other crews and companies to see who has done the most training and improved their fitness.
The website
www.trainingonboard.org sounds like a great idea, now drop and give me 20.
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