{"id":120719,"date":"2022-09-13T09:46:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=120719"},"modified":"2022-09-13T09:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:46:27","slug":"rural-health-council-promotes-heart-health-with-a-walk-with-a-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=120719","title":{"rendered":"Rural Health Council promotes heart health with a Walk with a Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since 2019, Madison County Rural Health Council has been encouraging residents to take a step toward better health with Walk with a Doc, a non-profit organization that encourages healthy physical activity in people of all ages, and reverses the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle. The objective is to improve the health and well-being of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 10 59 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, members of the public may join Dr. Keith Marshall from Oneida Health\u2019s Verona Family Practice for a one-mile walk on the Oneida Rail Trail and learn how proper nutrition and exercise can help keep your heart healthy and strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is free and pre-registration is not required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why walk?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s no question that increasing exercise, even moderately, reduces the risks of many diseases, including coronary heart disease, breast and colon cancer and Type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research indicates individuals may gain two hours of life for each hour of regular exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the American Heart Association, walking as little as 30 minutes a day can provide the following benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Improve blood pressure and blood sugar levels<\/li><li>Help maintain a healthy body weight and lower the risk of obesity<\/li><li>Enhance mental well-being<\/li><li>Reduce the risk of osteoporosis<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>WWAD was created by Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist with Mount Carmel Health Systems in Columbus, Ohio. He has walked with patients and community members every weekend since 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, contact the Madison County Rural Health Council at (315) 313-4399 or <a href=\"mailto:henry.s@mcruralhealthcouncil.org\">henry.s@mcruralhealthcouncil.org<\/a>. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @mcruralhealthcouncil for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2019, Madison County Rural Health Council has been encouraging residents to take a step toward better health with Walk with a Doc, a non-profit organization that encourages healthy physical activity in people of all ages, and reverses the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle. The objective is to improve the health and well-being of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/120720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}