{"id":7826,"date":"2018-01-05T18:56:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T18:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=7826"},"modified":"2018-01-05T18:56:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T18:56:43","slug":"walking-to-better-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=7826","title":{"rendered":"Walking to Better Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/City-Los-Fresnos-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5190\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/City-Los-Fresnos-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"City-Los-Fresnos-Logo\" width=\"599\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are many ways to stay physical active and walking is one of the simplest positive changes you can make to improve your health. Research has shown that the benefits of walking for at least 30 minutes a day can help you:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Reduce the risk of heart disease<br \/>\n\u2022 Improve blood pressure and blood sugar levels<br \/>\n\u2022 Maintain body weight and lower the risk of obesity<br \/>\n\u2022 Enhance mental well being<br \/>\n\u2022 Reduce the risk of breast and colon cancer<br \/>\n\u2022 Reduce the risk of (type 2) diabetes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving with your goal in mind<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 (Beginners)When getting started aim to walk at a light intensity for at least 30 minutes 5 days a week.<br \/>\n\u2022 (Advanced)If you\u2019re looking to lose weight, aim for 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity 5 days a week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk Test<\/strong><br \/>\nMeasure the intensity of your exercise to know if you\u2019re pushing yourself too hard or not hard enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 You should be able to sing while working out at a light intensity level.<br \/>\n\u2022 If you\u2019re exercising at a moderate intensity level, you should be able to carry on a conversation comfortably.<br \/>\n\u2022 If you become too winded or out of breath to carry on a conversation, the activity can be considered vigorous.<\/p>\n<p>Resource: American Heart Association<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/calendarJAN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7819\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/calendarJAN.jpg\" alt=\"calendarJAN\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/calendarJAN.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/calendarJAN-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/calendarJAN-405x258.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Attend the FREE exercise program offered by the City of Los Fresnos!<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Christine De La Rosa, Los Fresnos Community Health Worker at 956-312-1406 or email at cdelarosa@citylf.us or Los Fresnos City Hall at 956-233-5768.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways to stay physical active and walking is one of the simplest positive changes you can make to improve your health. Research has shown that the benefits of walking for at least 30 minutes a day can help you: \u2022 Reduce the risk of heart disease \u2022 Improve blood pressure and blood [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-because-your-health-matters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7827,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826\/revisions\/7827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}