Why Walk
Need a reason to walk? Here are a few!
- Helps control weight
- Helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints
- Helps older adults become stronger and better able to move about without falling?
- Promotes psychological well-being
- Reduces risk of developing colon cancer
- Reduces feelings of depression and anxiety
- Reduces risk of dying from heart disease
- Reduces risk of dying prematurely
- Reduces risk of developing diabetes
- Reduces risk of developing high blood pressure
- Lowers both total cholesterol and triglycerides and increases high-density lipoproteins (HDL) or the "good cholesterol"
- Helps improve balance and reduce falls
- Helps reduce blood pressure in people who already have high blood pressure
For more on why you should walk -- click on the links to the left.
