Program: Te-Moak Tribe "Walk Yourself Thin" Program
What
General Exercise
It is a walking program that also incorporates swimming, biking and moving activities into the program. The individuals wear pedometers and receive the Walk Yourself Thin book.Tribes Involved:
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone
Location:
Community
In the community.
Program Purpose:
The purpose of the program is to reduce obesity and get everyone moving and exercising. It has been said that exercising is a habit, habits take time, be consistent.
Program Key Features:
Walking takes place wherever you are. I encourage families to participate as one. I have people pushing wheelchairs, and mothers & fathers pushing strollers.
Most Excited About:
I currently have a crew renovating a building to create a diabetes center. The crew is wearing pedometers to chart their movement. One thing I have noticed is that the pedometer creates a competition with the individuals themselves. They want to reach their goal steps.
Program Partners:
As far as partners - families and friends of people. As far as sponsors - I am working with Wal-Mart, McDonalds for incentives.
Program Age Groups:
Youth
Adult
Elder
Community:
Our communities consist of 4 bands, Elko, Battle Mountain, Wells and South Fork, Nevada.
Start Date: 5/1/04
Location
525 Sunset Street
Elko, NV 89801
US
Elko, NV 89801
US
Website
http://www.temoaktribe.orgHome | Login |
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Just Move It by Healthy Native Communities Partnership, Inc. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Just Move It by Healthy Native Communities Partnership, Inc. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.