Bally Total Fitness and American Diabetes Association Raise Awareness of Diabetes Prevention During American Diabetes Alert Day
Posted on: Friday, 18 March 2005, 09:00 CST
Nation's Fitness Leader Holds One-Day Event That Will Include
Cutting-Edge Aerobics Classes, Diabetes Risk Tests and Free
Fitness Assessments -0- *T
What: In observance of American Diabetes Alert Day - a one-day
"wake-up" call to inform the public about the seriousness of
diabetes, particularly when left undiagnosed or untreated -
Bally Total Fitness and the American Diabetes Association
(ADA), will host HealthCheck to raise awareness of diabetes
and educate participants on the benefits of regular physical
activity and healthy eating.
As part of the event, Bally clubs will also offer Diabetes
Risk Tests and free fitness assessments with expert personal
training staff, including body fat, strength, flexibility
and cardio measurements. In addition, select clubs will also
be holding special marathon group exercise classes where
members and non-members alike can participate in a mix of
cutting-edge aerobics classes. On-site donations will
support ADA's mission to prevent and cure diabetes.
Why: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
the incidence of diabetes has jumped nearly 50 percent in
the past 10 years. It's estimated that about 1.3 million
people will be diagnosed with diabetes this year and one in
three Americans born in 2000 will develop diabetes in their
lifetime. In addition, approximately 41 million Americans
have pre-diabetes, a condition that puts them at increased
risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Bally and the ADA want
to inform Americans that although lifestyle factors - such
as poor diet and physical inactivity - are closely
associated with the development of type 2 diabetes, even
small steps taken can help delay, prevent or manage this
serious disease. In fact, being overweight or obese is the
leading modifiable risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
Who: Everybody and anybody looking to support ADA and live a
healthy and active lifestyle
When: March 22, 2005, American Diabetes Alert Day
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Any of the more than 350 Bally Total Fitness clubs across
the nation.
More information is available at www.diabetes.org/adaandbally.
To schedule a crew/photographer to capture HealthCheck events at a
Bally Total Fitness location on American Diabetes Alert Day,
or to speak with a fitness expert about how a healthy lifestyle can
help reduce the risk for developing diabetes,
call Jamie Morgan at (201) 964-2380. *T
Source: Business Wire
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