America On the Move Program
The America on the Move program and web site provides support and incentive to increase your daily walking steps.America On the Move Program
Dr. George McClelland, ACA Chairman and member of ACA's Wellness Committee, explains in a press release, "Adding a short walk to your lunchtime schedule, coupled with taking the stairs at work rather than the elevator, could add up to 2,000 additional steps for many of us. And cutting just one can of soda from your day and replacing it with water can eliminate more than 100 calories."
Pedometers - Easiest Way to Track Activity
Use a pedometer to track your steps and increase them by 2000 steps per day. The ACE says it just might be the best 10 dollars you ever spend.Before You Buy a Pedometer - Tips and Top Picks
Preventing Illness by Increasing Activity
The USA now is the most overweight nation in the world, caused by lack of physical activity and poor eating habits. The ACA's official vision statement indicates that the ACA "seeks a transformation in health care from a focus on disease to a focus on wellness."According to Dr. McClelland, "Many health care providers are now beginning to talk with their patients about healthy lifestyles -- an approach doctors of chiropractic have taken for many years. It's simply not good enough to wait until someone gets sick to start thinking about making them well. As we've seen, that model of health care is just not working."
As part of its mission to promote a more wellness-centered society, ACA regularly promotes and participates in national observances and programs that help people live healthier lives. To this end, promotes National Public Health Week and participates on the steering committee of the U.S. Bone & Joint Decade, among other initiatives. In addition, the ACA recently partnered with the Healthy People 2010 Consortium. Healthy People 2010 is a set of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals and objectives to reduce these threats.
Source: American Chiropractic Association press release.
America On the Move Program
