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Midway District

K-State Research and Extension News
www.midway.ksu.edu

March 2017 Mark your calendar – improved muscle tone, drop in blood
Newsletter and dust off your walking pressure are examples – fairly soon.
shoes – March 19 to May Adding physical activity to a daily routine
Michelle Beran is also helpful in managing weight. Many
4-H Youth Development 13 are the dates for the previous participants often report pounds
2017 edition of Walk and inches lost.
mberan@ksu.edu Kansas, K-State Research
and Extension’s annual The physical activity certainly
Michelle Buchanan eight-week fitness contributes to better health, but Walk
Agronomy & Horticulture challenge. Kansas participants can also work on
increasing their nutrition over the 8-week
mbuchanan@ksu.edu Walk Kansas time frame too. Participants receive weekly
challenges teams of six to encouragement via a nutrition and health
Jamie Rathbun log regular physical
Family & Consumer Sciences activity equivalent to newsletter, and are asked to track fruit and
walking the 423 miles vegetable consumption, with a goal of
jrathbun@ksu.edu from the state’s east to increasing health-promoting foods and
west borders. Other decreasing foods that are higher in calories
Kashly Schweer cumulative distances are and fat, and offer fewer health benefits.
Livestock Production available for teams who
kschweer@ksu.edu want more of a challenge. There is a small cost to participate in the
program, $16, which includes a t-shirt.
Liz Elmore Choosing to do it together allows team More information about Walk Kansas and
Office Professional members to do something that most could registration is available in the Midway
lelmore@ksu.edu not do alone, The program is intended to District Extension Offices and online:
encourage individuals to add enjoyable, www.WalkKansas.org.
Sheila Thacker health-promoting physical activity to their
Office Professional everyday lives. There’s no need to join a
sheilat@ksu.edu gym. Most people walk in their
neighborhood or near their workplace
www.midway.k-state.edu during a lunch hour or break. Walk Kansas
Ellsworth 785-472-4442 is becoming increasingly popular as a
Russell 785-483-3157 workplace wellness program, with

K-State Research and Extension workplaces across the state sponsoring
is an equal opportunity provider teams of employees.

and employer. Activity can be broken up into segments
www.ksre.ksu.edu that work for your schedule. For example,
walking for 15 minutes twice a day can be
just as effective as a longer workout in
achieving 30 minutes of physical activity
five or more days a week.

Many who participate begin to realize
benefits – more restful sleep, greater ability
to manage stress, increased energy level,