Currently, EWL is in syndication, airing all seasons on TLC and OWN.Īdding best-selling author to his list of accolades, Chris has written two books that have soared to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list. In addition, their special spin-off series entitled Extreme Weight Loss: Love Can’t Weight, premiered last June, where Chris and his wife Heidi helped transform real-life couples in the months leading up to their weddings. Season 5 premiered to high ratings on May 26, 2015.

With an unyielding dedication to helping others, Chris traveled the country using his innovative techniques, education and expertise to guide extremely overweight individuals as they shed hundreds of pounds over the course of a year. 'Women have to make the right choice for themselves, but they need to have all the information to do that.' October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Chris Powell is the trainer and transformation specialist from ABC’s highly rated documentary style series Extreme Weight Loss. 'When consuming alcohol, oestrogen does not metabolise well in women and high levels of the hormone circulate their body, contributing to increased cancer risk,' she said. 'However, one in four breast cancers are potentially preventable,' he said Educating young women on risks and early detection can help reduce the rate of breast cancer in Australia, Dr Peverill said. Some of the 'most powerful' risk factors for breast cancer, such as family history and genetic mutations, can't be changed, Mater breast and endocrine surgeon Chris Pyke said. 'It's the lack of awareness more than anything which needs to be raised among young women,' she said. Brisbane mother Kymme Davey, 36, was diagnosed with breast cancer in March, two weeks before she gave birth 35 weeks into her pregnancy. It notes the risk of being diagnosed by age 85 is one-in-seven for women, with the average age of first diagnoses 62. 'It's a time when a lot of women are at pubs and clubs and breast cancer prevention would be the last thing on their minds.' While the rate of diagnoses is increasing, statistics from the Breast Cancer Network Australia show the number of deaths from the disease is decreasing.

'The most shocking part is that alcohol consumption in the time between the first period and the first pregnancy has a major impact,' Mater breast and melanoma surgeon Dr Heidi Peverill said. Increased alcohol consumption and a lack of exercise among the contributing lifestyle factors. Breast cancer is expected to become the most commonly diagnosed form of the disease in Australia, with rates rising by 50 per cent since the 1980s, a specialist surgeon has warned.

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