YELP Holistic First Business Plan as at 7 June 2009:

*        Accords with House of Reps Standing Committee on Health and Ageing report  "Weighing it up - Obesity in Australia" -  May 2009

*          Able to launch contemporaneously on 1 Nov 2009 16 Months Tenure Of Preparatory Research Programme within 21½ Months Tenure Of Pilot to 'inter alia' achieve by end-2016,  165,000 fitter, stronger Australian  Interested Adults better able to work (from 2023) to 67 pension age

*          YELP  SPV's Eight KPIs

*          32 Pioneer Fit Old Farts and 20 RECs fit profile of Golden Gurus and will increase Corporate Philanthropy

Listening to your colleague, Prof. Boyd Swinburn, on ABC radio last Wednesday answering questions about "Weighing it up - Obesity in Australia" - May 2009 prompted me to again write to you, particularly as I understand that pursuant to the Terms of Reference the Preventive Health Taskforce will shortly issue its recommendations to the Minister for Health & Ageing.

The purpose of providing this Further Follow-up Letter to Professor Paul Zimmet AO dated 7 June 2009, together with 2 CDs "as at 7 June 2009" is -

(i)         the Executive Summary has been substantially overhauled so Section III snapshots under 33 points the entire YELP  Holistic  Hub  First Business Plan with -

            (a)        pertinent political/social considerations highlighted in pink; and

            (b)        other salient benefits highlighted in light blue; and

(ii)        YELP accords with House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing report  "Weighing it up - Obesity in Australia" - May 2009, in particular:

  •    economic modelling (Return On YELP Capex Software) in order to establish the cost implications of Obesity and the cost-benefits of various interventions (YELP is an intervention)

  •    regular and ongoing surveillance and monitoring of Australians’ weight, diet and physical activity levels, and that the data gathered is used to formulate, develop and evaluate long-term policy responses (Array Of Reports For The YELP Pilot & Primary Research Programme)

  •    Committee recommends that the Federal Government work with all levels of government and the private sector to develop nationally consistent urban planning guidelines which focus on creating environments that encourage Australians to be healthy and active (YELP  SPV is a JV  PPP)

  •    Minister for Health and Ageing fund research into the causes of Obesity (Negligent Lifestyle Behaviour) and the success or otherwise of interventions to reduce overweight and Obesity (YELP is an intervention)

  •    Minister for Health and Ageing encourage private and public employers to adopt programs and incentives that will promote active and healthy lifestyle choices by all Australians within the workplace (YELP  SPV  PPP comprises Four Public Sector Equity Holders and 12 Private Sector Equity Holders who employ hundreds of thousands of Australians); and

(iii)       Arthritis has been added as the Fifteen Problem where for some suffers of Arthritis, particularly those overweight, intervention with a MREA may well decrease pain, keep joints more mobile, increase muscle strength, strengthen bones and ligaments, prevent joint deformities, reduce body weight, increase Personal Health & Fitness, reduce Depression and enhance QOL.          

Below are other pertinent extracts from recommendations in the report's Concluding remarks which YELP explicitly addresses:

7.4      ..........Such leadership is required in order to develop a whole-of-society response to obesity, engaging with industry, non-government organisations, communities and different levels and portfolios of government.

7.7     There is no doubt that the private sector has made some positive steps to contribute to reducing the growing rates of obesity in Australia. Industry must be part of the solution to obesity in Australia......

7.10   While the community programs and partnerships the Committee witnessed throughout the inquiry are not the total solution to obesity in Australia, they make a positive contribution. Key to the successful programs are a sense of community ownership, involvement and connection, which the Committee believes will be integral to underscoring the Federal Government’s strategy and government programs.

As logged in Annexure G "Schedule of Correspondence", the Business Plan Developer has recently posted a similar letter to the below parties, with 2 CDs, noting that the Executive Summary has been substantially overhauled to snapshot in Section III under 33 points the entire YELP  Holistic  Hub  First Business Plan:

68.      Seventh Letter to Chair of Preventive Health Taskforce dated 4 June

69.      Further Follow Up Invitation Letter to Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts dated 4 June 2009

70.      Further Follow Up Invitation Letter to Minister for Climate Change & Water dated 4 June 2009

71.      Further Follow Up Invitation Letter to Head of Climate Change Review dated 4 June 2009

72.      Follow Up Invitation Letter to Alistair Jordan, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister dated 4 June 2009

73.      Further Update Covering Letter to Peter Morris dated 4 June 2009

75.      Further Follow-up Letter to Shaun Larkin, member of Preventive Health Taskforce dated 7 June 2009

76.      Further Follow-up Letter to Professor Leonie Segal, member of Preventive Health Taskforce dated 7 June 2009