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Earn a free pedometer during Public Health Week, April 7 - 11

Earn a free pedometer* by joining your colleagues on a workplace walk to celebrate Public Health Week. No walk is too short and no team is too small, but you must register to get your pedometer We encourage you to aim for at least one mile or 15 minutes of walking.

Public Health Seattle & King County is hosting one walk each day, the week of April 7 - 11. Each walk begins at the Chinook building at 12:30 pm, and is hosted by a "celebrity" leader. Everyone is invited to join these walks, but you must register your team to receive a free pedometer.

download registration form (pdf, 62KB)** - Your email registration is complete when your receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive a confirmation email, call 263-6085.

**About the registration form: You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or later in order to fill out the registration form online and submit by email. You can update to Acrobat Reader 8.1 for free at the the Adobe Web site. If you are unable to install software on your computer, you can either:

Contact your LAN Administrator and ask him/her to update your Reader or
Fill out the registration form, print, and send to Caroline Hughes, YES-ES-0500

Public Health Week Web site.

Experts agree that 15 minutes of physical activity a day has a positive impact on health. Just some of the benefits of walking are:

Manage weight and lower blood pressure
More energy, better balance and stronger bones
Better sleep and mood
Fewer aches and pains
Reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke
Healthier heart and lungs
Reduce the risk for diabetes and some types of cancer
Reduce greenhouse gases when you replace a drive with a walk

Recent studies show that wearing a pedometer actually encourages more walking . . . So join your co-workers and get outside for a walk; celebrate your health and earn a free pedometer.

All you have to do is register your team and agree to report back the total number of steps taken by your team. All the steps you take will be reported to the Washington Health Foundation's "Healthiest State in the Nation" campaign.

For more than 12 years, the first full week of April has been celebrated as National Public Health Week. Each year since 1995, the public health community has focused on an issue that is important to improving the public's health. 2008's focus is "Climate Change — Our Health in Balance".

The King County Public Health Week celebration is brought to you by Health Matters, Public Health Seattle & King County, and Dept. of Natural Resources and Parks. Thank you for walking to improve your health and improve the health of our community.

*According to ethics guidelines, the pedometers remain property of King County, similar to other disposable equipment items.

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	Updated: April 11, 2008