CDC highlights walking!

8-8-12: This was in an e-mail I received from a fellow PAE, Pam Sampson, of the San Bernardino County Public Health Dept. She's a real advocate for physical activity!!! Thanks for sharing, Pam...

Six in 10 Adults Now Get Physically Active by Walking, According to a New CDC Vital Signs Report

Sixty-two percent of adults say they walked for at least once for 10 minutes or more in the previous week in 2010, compared to 56 percent in 2005, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

“More than 145 million adults are now getting some of their physical activity by walking,” said CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. “People who are physically active live longer and are at lower risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression and some cancers.” 

You can help promote this month’s CDC Vital Signs™ report on Walking by encouraging your subscribers to:

·         Become a fan on CDC Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CDC 

• Follow us on CDC Twitter every day this week at http://twitter.com/CDCgov/ and retweet our tweets 
• Get CDC Content Syndication: To syndicate the Vital Signs information, simply select “Syndicate Page” from the right navigation on the Vital Signs site and you will be directed to the Content Syndication site for additional instructions, including the option to self register if you have not previously. 

Share links to CDC Vital Signs Report

CDC Features- http://www.cdc.gov/features/vitalsigns/walking/

      Problem- http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/Walking/index.html#Problem

    Who’s at Risk- http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/Walking/index.html#Risk

      What Can Be Done- http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/Walking/index.html#Whatcanbedone

Science Behind this Issue- http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/Walking/index.html#Science

Additional Resources

Vital Signs Fact sheet- http://www.cdc.gov/VitalSigns/pdf/2012-08-vitalsigns.pdf 

MMWR Vital Signs- Walking Among Adults — United States, 2005 and 2010 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm61e0807a1.htm?s_cid=mm61e0807a1_w            

Press Release- http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2012/p0807_walking.html

      Podcast- http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=8624796

      PSA- http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=8624801

Social Media- http://www.cdc.gov/VitalSigns/SocialMedia.html#Walking2012