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Active Living Promotes Healthy Communities

Active Living Promotes Healthy Communities. May 8th, 2003 Thomas James III, MD Humana-Kentucky Partners for a Health Louisville Practicing Physician. Abridged Version of Talk. Kentucky has a problem with its health from life-style issues

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Active Living Promotes Healthy Communities

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  1. Active Living Promotes Healthy Communities May 8th, 2003 Thomas James III, MD Humana-Kentucky Partners for a Health Louisville Practicing Physician

  2. Abridged Version of Talk • Kentucky has a problem with its health from life-style issues • Activity is key to promotion of improved physical and emotional health • A healthier population promotes a stronger community • Now you can go “take a hike.”

  3. Let’s look at the StatisticsThe Lewin Group for UAW-Ford Community Health Initiative, Oct. 2002 • Condition HP2010Ky. USA • Hypertension 16.0%30.8%25.2% • Heart deaths 166.0306.2259.8(deaths/100,000 Pop) • Stroke deaths 48.069.660.1(deaths/100,000) • Diabetes death ---27.6 24.4(deaths/100,000) • Cancer deaths 159.9184.0162.1(deaths/100,000)

  4. SOLUTIONS?a simple one--promote activity • Cardiovascular benefits • Weight management • Arthritis control • Diabetes improvement • ?Link to cancer prevention?

  5. Cardiovascular Benefits • Reduce Coronary risk by 1/3 • Reduces hypertension by up to 10 mm Hg • Reduces stroke risk three-fold

  6. Weight Management • Walking can burn up to 100 cal per mile • Exercise is key to weight loss • Regular exercise reduces diabetes risk by up to 25% • Cancer associate with obesity

  7. Elements for Community Growth--Dr. Mark Horton, Ca. PHS • Reduce exposure environmental toxins • Maximize safety in road planning • Community design to promote physical activity. • Development: “environmental justice” • Maximize aesthetics for stress relief • Include health/environmental experts in design.

  8. Impacts on improved health • WIN: As an insurer--Lower medical costs, so premiums can be more competitive. • WIN: As Partners for a Healthy Louisville--Redirection of focus for business-health efforts. • WIN: As a Physician--Patient compliance with healthy activities.

  9. The Bottom Line... • A healthier community makes the area more attractive to business and, more importantly, to the people who live there.

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