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Move to a Healthier YOU!
MOVE to a Healthier YOU! - Bristol's Promise's Community Health Initiative kicked off on October 29, 2006 with 400 to 500 children, youth and adults coming to Viking Hall with 34 booth participants, activities showcased on the floor and on the stage. A highlight was Minds in Motion, Richmond Ballet’s dance/movement program for 4th graders in the Richmond VA City Schools. Over 200 participants signed up for the "Stepping" program. To view great pictures from the event, click here: Kick Off Event Pictures.
MOVE to a Healthier YOU! moved on with 5 Super Foods for a Super YOU! (Be Wise, NO Super Size!) on Saturday, February 3rd, 2007 at the Bristol Mall. Local health departments, YMCA, YWCA, Southeast Culinary & Hospitality College, K-VA-T Foods, Appalachian Sustainable Development, and other were on hand to share ideas & tastes of how to make healthy food choices.
MOVE to a Healthier YOU! Implemented the "Stepping" program during the October 2006 Kickoff. Those who are participating are encouraged to continue. If you have not signed a Personal Promise to make physical activity a priority in your life and received a Promise Passport Weekly Journal with information for the walking/stepping program, you can still participate. The goal is for us all to increase our steps to get 10,000 steps a day (about 5 miles). The Personal Promise of 10,000 steps a day is not easy for all to achieve. For most it requires 20-30 minutes of dedicated exercise. Set your goals to increase every day, if it takes a long time to reach 10,000, you are closer than you were the day before. Join and support each other as we MOVE to a Healthier YOU!
Helpful information and documents include:
• How many fruits and vegetables do you need? Visit 5aday.gov
• Center for Disease Control: Can eating fruits and vegetables help people to manage their weight?
* Practicioners' Version
* General Audience Version
• Promise Passport Weekly Journal for recording your daily steps and totals
• Getting Started with a walking program
• Walking … A Step in the Right Direction brochure with helpful hints
• Where to Walk in Bristol list with times, contact information, etc
• BMI—Body Mass Index What’s Your Number
• Step Conversion Chart to convert other activity into the number of steps—you don’t have to have a walking program—other physical activity is great too!
Great websites include:
www.pbs.org/americaswalking
www.americaonthemove.org
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity
Would you like to sponsor an event or participate?
Sponsor Letter
Sponsor Form
Participant Letter
Participant Form
Thanks to all of our sponsors and participants for making the start of MOVE to a Healthier YOU! a big success!
For more information, contact:
Margaret Feierabend 423-764-3336 bristol@firerobin.net
Beth Rhinehart 423-844-2808 Beth_Rhinehart@Wellmont.org
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