MIAMI VALLEY -- In celebration of National Walking Day on Wednesday the Miami Valley Division of the American Heart Association is inviting everyone in the Miami Valley to walk at least 30 minutes during the day.
A special celebration event will be held at the Kettering Medical Center campus and begin with a presentation at 11:50 a.m. in front of the Schuster Heart Hospital, with the 30-minute walk beginning at noon.
A representative of Kettering Medical Center, the signature sponsor of the 2013 Greater Dayton 5K Heart Walk/Run, will discuss why itâÂÂs important for businesses to allow employees to participate in physical activity during the work day.
In celebration of National Walking Day on April 3, the American Heart Association is encouraging Americans to get fit and have fun by launching âShow Us Your Moves.â The month-long Instagram promotion encourages consumers to submit photos of their favorite fun physical activity â dancing, roller skating, walking with friends, gardening â you name it! Selected photos will be featured each week on www.heart.org and various American Heart Association social media pages. By sharing pictures of their physical activity on Instagram with the hashtag #mymoves, consumers can help spread the notion that exercise can be fun.
On National Walking Day, a day where hundreds of thousands across the nation take steps to improve their health, Americans are encouraged to spend at least 30 minutes of their day briskly walking. Physical activity is critical to being healthy, but less than 50 percent of adults get enough daily exercise. Adults need at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week to see the health benefits of physical activity such as lower blood pressure, improved bone health, weight maintenance after weight loss, better sleep, and more energy. With âShow Us Your Moves,â the American Heart Association hopes people will continue to make physical activity a priority beyond National Walking Day and find the fun in being fit.
âStatistics show that 1 in 2 men, and 1 in 3 women are at risk for heart disease, and research shows that poor lifestyle is a major contributor,â noted Kim Doherty, Heart Walk director of the American Heart Association, Miami Valley Division. âWalking has the lowest dropout rate of any physical activity and better still, itâs fun and itâs free!â
For more information on âShow Us Your Moves,â visit www.heart.org/nationalwalkingday to see promotion rules and directions. To find an American Heart Association Heart Walk in your area and to access healthy living resources including information about getting active and eating healthy, visit My Heart. My Life.
A special celebration event will be held at the Kettering Medical Center campus and begin with a presentation at 11:50 a.m. in front of the Schuster Heart Hospital, with the 30-minute walk beginning at noon.
A representative of Kettering Medical Center, the signature sponsor of the 2013 Greater Dayton 5K Heart Walk/Run, will discuss why itâÂÂs important for businesses to allow employees to participate in physical activity during the work day.
In celebration of National Walking Day on April 3, the American Heart Association is encouraging Americans to get fit and have fun by launching âShow Us Your Moves.â The month-long Instagram promotion encourages consumers to submit photos of their favorite fun physical activity â dancing, roller skating, walking with friends, gardening â you name it! Selected photos will be featured each week on www.heart.org and various American Heart Association social media pages. By sharing pictures of their physical activity on Instagram with the hashtag #mymoves, consumers can help spread the notion that exercise can be fun.
On National Walking Day, a day where hundreds of thousands across the nation take steps to improve their health, Americans are encouraged to spend at least 30 minutes of their day briskly walking. Physical activity is critical to being healthy, but less than 50 percent of adults get enough daily exercise. Adults need at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week to see the health benefits of physical activity such as lower blood pressure, improved bone health, weight maintenance after weight loss, better sleep, and more energy. With âShow Us Your Moves,â the American Heart Association hopes people will continue to make physical activity a priority beyond National Walking Day and find the fun in being fit.
âStatistics show that 1 in 2 men, and 1 in 3 women are at risk for heart disease, and research shows that poor lifestyle is a major contributor,â noted Kim Doherty, Heart Walk director of the American Heart Association, Miami Valley Division. âWalking has the lowest dropout rate of any physical activity and better still, itâs fun and itâs free!â
For more information on âShow Us Your Moves,â visit www.heart.org/nationalwalkingday to see promotion rules and directions. To find an American Heart Association Heart Walk in your area and to access healthy living resources including information about getting active and eating healthy, visit My Heart. My Life.
