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Here’s an interesting idea to promote physical activity and maybe even health literacy: take a walk with your doctor. Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown hosts monthly “Walk With a Doc” events...
A $182,000 grant will fund a pilot project in Lexington to encourage citizens to walk more, by erecting way-finding signs for pedestrians and updating walking maps. The new Walk Lexington...
If you are looking for a reason to commit to daily exercise in 2015, here are two: The U.S. surgeon general says most of us only exercise about half the recommended...
Kentucky dropped two spots in the 25th annual America’s Health Rankings report this year and finds itself once again as one of the bottom five healthiest (or unhealthiest) states. Since...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Children who are physically active are likely to be better learners, but not enough Kentucky schools seem to put that knowledge into practice, speakers...
Kentucky adults who ranked their neighborhood sidewalks and road shoulders as excellent or very good are more likely to be physically active, but only 26 percent of Kentuckians rank them...
Children living in rural areas are about 25 percent more likely to be overweight or obese than children in urban areas, studies show. Rural communities have come up with several...
Although youth obesity has become slightly less prevalent, most of the improvement has been restricted to children in families with higher salaries and educations, according to a Harvard University Kennedy School of...
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Nearly one on three deaths in the U.S. each year is caused by heart disease and stroke. At least 200,000 of these deaths are...
Students in Kenton County Schools sample kale chipsas part of an effort to incorporate more fruit andvegetables into their diets. (School district photo) By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Now...