Health Benefits of Walking

We hope Walk This Way will help you turn walking into a healthy habit. Walking offers many benefits to your body.

Walking can: 

• reduce your diabetes risk by 50 percent.
• reduce your heart disease risk by 40 percent.
• reduce your breast cancer risk by 20 percent.
• reduce your risk of stroke and colon cancer.
• help maintain bone density and prevent osteoporosis.
• reduce stress.
• help you lose weight.
• improve your cholesterol level.
• help you sleep more soundly.
• give you more energy. 
   

Tips for healthy walking

• Adults need 150 minutes (2hrs, 30 min) of moderate intensity aerobic activity (brisk walking) every week.
• Walk at least 5 days a week.
• Over time, increase the intensity, duration and/or frequency of your walks to maximize your health benefits.
• Children & adolescents should do 60 minutes or more of physical activity each day.
   

Have a question about Walk This Way? E-mail Kim klipetzky@cityoffargo.com or Cheryl at cstetz@cityoffargo.com