Small Steps:
Ø    Follow these small steps to increase your physical activity:
Ø    Join an exercise group.
Ø    Replace Sunday drive with Sunday walk.
Ø    Bicycle to the store instead of driving.
Ø    Go for a half-hour walk instead of watching TV.
Ø    Run when running errands.
Ø    Exercise with a video if the weather is bad.
Ø    Play with your kids 30 minutes a day.
Ø    Dance to music.
Ø    Keep a pair of comfortable walking or running shoes in your car and
office. 
Ø    Take the long way to the water cooler.
Ø    Take stairs instead of the escalator.
Ø    Take your dog on longer walks.
Ø    Walk briskly through the mall and shop 'til you drop ... pounds.
 
Most Americans see weight problems, just not in themselves.
 
A recent study done by the Pew Research Center* shows widespread agreement
among Americans - our country has an obesity problem. This should not come
as a surprise, but the study indicated that those polled thought that the
issue was not a problem for themselves! According to the survey, 9-in-10
American adults said most of their fellow Americans are overweight. But only
7-in-10 said that most people they personally know are overweight. And, only
39 percent admitted that they themselves are overweight.


Get off your "Fatty-Acids" and come out and play with me.

Leroy Fanning
UC Foundation Professor
Health and Human Performance

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