Olivia Newton-John has set out for the 228-kilometre trek along the Great Wall of China. This has led to an eclectic bunch of Australian and international celebrities to help raise money for charity.

It’s heartwarming to see a stellar cast of celebs take part in raising funds for cancer patients of all types. I just found out that mesothelioma is also a type of cancer.

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. From a total of 58 million deaths worldwide in 2005, cancer accounts for 7.6 million (or 13%) of all deaths. The main types of cancer leading to overall cancer mortality are:

* lung (1.3 million deaths/year);
* Stomach (almost 1 million deaths/year);
* Liver (662,000 deaths/year);
* Colon (655,000 deaths/year) and
* Breast (502,000 deaths/year).

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Prosecutors throughout the world are too lenient towards celebrities who take drugs and add glamor to addiction, sending out a wrong image to their fans and youth who copy their lifestyle. Sentences for such people are too lenient, which is yet another confirmation of stars being privileged.

Truly, we have witnessed sentences that were too lenient or non at all for celebrities when it comes to drug abuse and addiction.This goes for Hollywood above all and its favorites like Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson, Robin Williams, as well as some British stars like Kate Moss and her ex boyfriend Pete Doherty.

Instead of ending up in prison, many of them ended up in drug or alcohol rehab and when they got out, the treatment was absolutely unsuccessful in most cases.

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A decade ago we were bombarded with images of celebs on their way to and from the gym. For the first time since gyms muscled their way into the public consciousness in the Eighties, there has been a sharp decline in the number of people joining them.

Thanks partly to changed lifestyle choices and partly to the economy, the gym’s heyday has come and gone.

Alternative forms of exercise are flourishing. Dedicated yoga and Pilates studios are on the increase, more people are running now than during the jogging boom of the 1980s, and participation in activities as varied as ballroom dancing, ice-skating and triathlons is rising.

It has become obvious to consumers that there are other, more appealing, means of burning calories - and that even walking the dog or cycling to work can be considered battling the bulge.

You don’t need to make big changes to your lifestyle, such as going to a gym every day. Consistency is what matters - and that means that activity must become a habit. So if doing the school run on foot or running on your home Precor elliptical is something you are more likely to keep up, that is better than a step class once a week.

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