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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