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, improve balance and better able to move about without falling.
- Promotes psychological well-being.
- Reduces feelings of depression and anxiety.
- Reduces risk of developing colon cancer.
- Reduces risk of dying from heart disease.
- Reduces risk of dying prematurely.
- Improve brain function.
- Reduces risk of developing diabetes.
- Reduces risk of developing high blood pressure.
- Helps reduce blood pressure in people who already have high blood pressure.
- Lowers both total cholesterol and triglycerides and increases high-density lipoproteins (HDL) or the "good cholesterol".
- Healthier pregnancy.
