Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Health Unit to Launch Community Challenge

The slogan used to be Walk a block a day...now its walk 30 minutes a day.

The Northwestern Health Unit has launched a new challenge to get people our of their seats on on their feet.

Kenora mayor Dave Canfield issued the challenge yesterday and says walking can help reduce a number of health care problems.

Canfield says studies have shown that walking a half hour a day could potentially cut helath care costs by half.