Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Skip Wirth Talks About the Benefits of Fitness


Thad Connally has certainly brought in the dynamic speakers this month. Skip gave an impressive talk on the multiple benefits of regular exercise and watching what we eat. He said that if we accumulated an average of walking 30 minutes on five days a week that we could reduce our cardiovascular accident and stroke risk by 50%.

Skip said that Kentucky is #1 in Adult Onset Diabetes incidence. It is estimated that 40% of adults get no exercise at all. In Kentucky it must be even higher.