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By ofgering a genuinely fun and enjoyable atmosphere, W alk With A Doc touched my life by helping me stay committed to improving my health and wellness. As more and more of my friends embrace the program, I see the same story repeat itself in their lives as well.

• Amar Kumar

The Challenge About Us Our Walks Impact and Reach Sponsorship Metrics

The Challenge About Us Our Walks Impact and Reach

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It's time to start walking

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The Challenge

Obesity rates continue to rise—35% of the U.S. population is obese.

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Lifestyle plays a major impact on health—75%, as compared to the impact of medical care (10%), environment (10%), and genetics (5%).

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S edentary lifestyles increase health risks as you grow older. But...even modest activity can turn those numbers around. Death from heart disease could be reduced by 34% by walking

• nly two hours per week. And women with breast cancer who

walk 2-3 miles per hour, three to five hours a week, have a death rate half of that for sedentary women. ”Health is a state of complete physical, psychological, and social well-being and not simply the absence of disease

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• rld Health Organization, 1948

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Walk With A Doc is a free, year-round walking program that operates in communities across America and abroad. It is hosted by local physicians in public spaces, and everyone is welcome. Our mission is to encourage healthy physical activity in people of all ages, and reverse the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle, which will improve the health and well-being of the country.

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Beyond the basics, each community defines its

• wn walk – whether they meet once a week or
• nce a month, in the mountains or on a beach,

in the city, at a park or in a mall. Each program starts with the volunteer doc introducing a popular health topic for a short

• discussion. Conversation migrates into the

walk, all the way back to the meeting point, where walkers can have their blood pressure checked, get water, fresh fruit, healthy snacks

• r coffee.

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190 ¡ac$ve ¡programs ¡in ¡39 ¡states ¡and ¡6 ¡countries* ¡ ¡ Adding ¡new ¡sites ¡each ¡week! ¡ ¡ *6 ¡countries: ¡USA, ¡Canada, ¡Russia, ¡Australia, ¡Ireland, ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡South ¡Korea ¡ ¡ ¡

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