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Do you struggle with heart disease? Does someone you love? Heart disease affects everyone in this country.Beating the No. 1 killer of Americans doesn’t take radical fad diets or crazy exercise trends. You can takesmall steps each day to change how you eat and live a long, heart-healthy life. Those small steps will add upand help you change your life for the best!The first step is to celebrate
Nov. 4 as Start! Eating Healthy Day
. The AmericanHeart Association’s Start! movement wants you to mark your calendar and take the firststep to live healthier.
Looking for fun ideas to spice up your staff wellness program?
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Use this event to kick off your company’s Start! Heart Walk ef-forts, by promoting on-site healthy eating options:- Turn drink and snack machine off for the day- Serve healthy food in the cafeteria- Host a healthy brown-bag lunch- Have a speaker discuss nutrition- Hold a rally with a speaker - Throw a heart-healthy cook-off - Give away apples (or another fruit) or healthy snacks- Encourage a soda-free week - Send e-mails with nutrition tips
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Identify monthly themes or plan your events around a variety of national health observances.
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Kick off with awareness — start with a health fair. You can uselocal health systems or hospitals to conduct the screenings at your workplace. Have information available to help employees reducetheir risk factors.
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Have employees sign up on AHA’s free online activities trackingtool at
www.startwalkingnow.org
. Post goals and offer in-centive prizes for reaching goals.
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Set up an e-newsletter or devote an area in the break room wherematerials can be posted about wellness, smoking cessation andother topics. Once you create a culture of physical activity andoverall wellness, more employees will participate!
12th Annual Maui Start! Heart Walk Saturday, March 27, 2010Keopuolani Park 
www.MauiHeartWalk.org
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