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Vitality Becomes a Family Affair for Oscar Perez

An avid runner since junior high Perez, adding that the in-
school, Oscar Perez, Senior Med- terest in being more active
ical Assistant, HCP Carson, didn’t has also led his mother to
really need the Vitality program take some Zumba classes.
in order to make a major change
for healthier living. But the posi- His father was a runner in
tive resources the program of- his younger days, and now
fers, and the chance to bring his enjoys walking at these
family and friends together at events with his family.
many of the employer-sponsored Perez’s brother who at-
Vitality walks, have really in- tends has benefitted from
creased the value of the program the walks by adding more
in his life. endurance training to his
fitness routine.
Although he enrolled in the pro-
gram in 2011, he became more Perez, who uses Map-
fully involved with it last year, in Oscar Perez, second from the right, with his family and best friend at MyRun and also wants to
the Region 6 SOLO Vitality Walk in Long Beach on March 2.
thanks partly to coworker Helen get a FitBug, is currently at
Joe, Pharm.D. Since last year, Perez has been attending all of Gold status in the Vitality program, and is about 1,300 points
the employer-sponsored walks he can make it to. His family has away from Platinum. But the benefits of the program go be-
gotten involved in the action as well—his parents, youngest yond the points, he noted. “Even if you are not looking for
brother and Perez’s best friend most often accompany him to points to purchase things—look at your health and how you
the walks, and everyone benefits. can benefit from the program,” he said. “Even if you are eating
healthy and exercising, there is always more to do, and Vitality
His mother had high cholesterol and triglycerides before he offers great resources for stress management and mental
started taking her along on the walks. “She has lowered her health. Take a look at all of the resources. I would highly recom-
cholesterol levels and she has lost a little bit of weight,” said mend it.”

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