treating chronic disease before it starts

Our heartfelt thanks
Thank you to all our donors and sponsors for supporting the fight against heart disease and stroke. The following is a list of those
who contributed $500 or more from Dec. 1, 2011 to Mar. 31, 2012. To view this list online, visit heartandstroke.mb.ca.
Individuals
Goldbourne Alleyne
Patrick Angott
Cordell Barker
Leonard Blankstein
Jackie Bonkowski
Eva Bonkowski
Ronald Buternowsky
Richmond Cheney
Eduardo DeMedeiros
Randy Dueck
Dianne Gamble
Delores Gembey
Faye Giesbrecht
Barbara G. Godfrey
Brian Hastings
David Hill
Malti Joshi
Brian Klaponski
R.M. Kozminski
Carlotta Kulpak
Don Leech
Richard Lindenschmidt
Frances G. Lowe
Dawn R. McKeag
Patricia McManus
Peter Neve
Gerald Parent
Van Rensselaer Price
Jean Purdy
J.D. Riley
Ernesta Rivais
Anita Ross
Kody Rutchka
Richard T. Ryland
Carole Scrivener
William Shepherd
Chris Smook
Gayle Timlick
Peter Toews
David Warkentin
Patricia Wightman
Dorothy Wood
Didzus Zuzens
Organizations
Altus Group Limited
Baldur & Area Donor’s Choice
Bristol Aerospace Limited Employee Fund
Canada Helps
Cargill Employee Voluntary
Charities Fund
Carté International Inc.
City Of Winnipeg Employees’
- Retirees’ Charitable Fund
Conviron
Credit Union Central of
Manitoba
Credit Union Central of
Manitoba Employees
Deloraine & Area Donor’s
Choice
Derksen Plumbing & Heating
Diageo Canada Inc.
Diageo Employees Charity
Fund
Doherty & Associates
Entegra Credit Union
Fehr-Way Tours
Foster Agency
Investors Group Matching Gift
Program
Johnston Group
Manitoba Hydro - Dauphin
Area
Manitoba Hydro Employees
Charitable Donations
Winnipeg
Manitoba Hydro Steinbach &
Area Employees
Manitoba Telecom Services
Inc. - Employee Charity
Trust
Manitoba Telecom Services
Inc. - Employee Group Matching Gift
McCullough Logging
Monarch Industries Ltd.
Pilot Mound Donor’s Choice
RBC Foundation
Russell Donor’s Choice
Samuel, Son & Co., Limited
Seven Oaks Raiders Major Jr
Hockey Club
St. Boniface General Hospital
Employee Charitable Fund
The Canadian Wheat Board
The Great-West Life
Assurance Company
The Wawanesa Mutual
Insurance Company
University of Manitoba
Virden Justice Committee
Winkler & District United Way
Bequests, Trusts and
Other Deferred Gifts
Estate of Beverley Brown
Estate of James Culbert
Estate of Marjorie Dance
Estate of Mary Forsyth
Estate of Agnes Friesen
Gregg & Mary Hanson Family
Fund**
Estate of Doris Henry
Lillian & Harry Henteleff
Memorial Fund*
Dr. Moses & Esther
Kahonovitch Fund*
Estate of Jessie Larmon
Estate of Alma MacDonald
Estate of John Martin
Mennonite Foundation of
Canada
Estate of Mabel Menzies
Estate of Dorice Milford
Estate of Audrey Neal
Estate of Maurine Nowicki
Zechariah Perlman and Doris
Perlman Fund*
Susan Rogers Fund*
Estate of Sonja Schmigel
Ernest I. Silverberg, Morris
Silverberg, David
Silverberg*
Estate of Richard D. Twers
Bella Urie Fund*
Saul Urie Fund*
* Donors who gave through
the Jewish Foundation
** Donors who gave through
The Winnipeg Foundation
Sponsorships and Grants
Allergan
Boehringer Ingelheim
(Canada) Ltd./Ltée
Canada One Travel
Cargill Limited
Corpell’s Water
Granny’s Poultry
Manitoba Canola Growers
Association
Manitoba Lotteries
Nintendo Canada
Qualico
heartsandminds is published three times a year by the
Heart and Stroke Foundation in Manitoba
6 Donald Street Winnipeg, MB R3L 0K6
In Winnipeg: 949.2000 / In Brandon: 571.4080 / Toll-free: 1.888.473.4636
Fax: (204) 957.1365 / Email: ask@heartandstroke.mb.ca
www.heartandstroke.mb.ca
To receive this newsletter by email, please call (204) 949.2047.
Sobeys West
The Dufresne $1 Million
Charity Challenge
The North West Company
AED Sponsors
Crosstown Civic Credit
Union Ltd.
Prairie Mountain Credit Union
Portage Credit Union
Swan Valley Credit Union
Limited
Media Sponsors
CTV
The Winnipeg Free Press
Live Red events
Thanks to all who held Live
Red events this winter
11th Annual Ironman Outdoor
Curling Bonspiel
Bison Transport
Shapes Pembina
Boston Pizza/Manitoba Liquor
Control Commission (MLCC)
Boston Pizza/Emergency
Medical Service (EMS)
Budget Blinds Brandon
Club 373
Festival du Voyageur 2012
Beard Growing Contest
Investors Group
Kawii Crepes
Lawn Boys Ltd.
Manitoba Blue Cross
Manitoba Hydro
Manitoba Public Insurance
Moksha Yoga Kildonan
Noventis Credit Union
(Moosehead & Gimli
Branches)
Puma Grand Prix
RBC Private Client Banking
A Real Tradition Christmas
Tree Sales
Enea Grande
Scotiabank
Sisters at Heart Golf Tournament
South Interlake 55+ Club
Sara Tone & Kallie Kyle
Vintage Bling
Zumba-thon with Jan (Gimli
and Selkirk)
heartsandminds
of Manitoba
NEWS FOR FRIENDS OF THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION
NEWS FOR FRIENDS OF THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION
SPRING / SUMMER 2012
The future of medicine: treating chronic
disease before it starts
New research could lead to a
more collaborative approach
within the health-care system
for prescribing physical
activity to patients at risk
When Diana Staniforth visited her
doctor about her weight concerns,
she never imagined that she would be
leaving with a prescription for physical
activity, but that’s exactly what
happened and what could be available
in the future to all Manitobans.
“I got into the program by chance
– I hadn’t heard of it. I simply filled
out a questionnaire and found out
I qualified,” says Staniforth, 64,
who is one of up to 250 Manitobans
to take part in a pilot physical
activity promotion program called
ENCOURAGE (ENhancing primary
care COUnselling and Referrals to
community-based physical Activity
opportunities for sustained lifestyle
chanGE).
(L to R) Dr. Todd Duhamel with Kinesiologist Alex Edye-Mazowita, and Access
River East Team Manager Lisa Ziolkoski and Family Physician Dr. Amanda Condon
physical activity level and tell you
that you should be more active
and that’s where the advice ends,”
says Duhamel. “It comes from the
perspective that physical activity is
something people should be able to
go out and do on their own – but the
reality is that it requires sustained
behavioral change, and there are a lot
of barriers to it.”
Led by Heart and Stroke Foundation
(HSF) Researcher Dr. Todd
Duhamel and supported by HSF in
Duhamel says patients commonly
Manitoba’s Challenge Grants, the
ENCOURAGE project is designed to cite barriers like lack of time and
limited knowledge about community
model a health-care system in which
www.heartandstroke.mb.ca
primary care doctors refer sedentary programs, as well as cost and
cultural obstacles.
patients to a certified kinesiologist,
who works one-on-one with them to
“We’re finding that there are some
develop an individualized physical
people who don’t really know how to
activity action plan.
exercise. Many young people have
“A lot of times you go to the doctor
and they will ask you about your
had physical education in school but
a lot of parents and grandparents
didn’t. We’ve identified that many
have not even tried a lot of available
community programs – so they don’t
even know if they would enjoy them
or not,” says Duhamel.
Duhamel also says although doctors
are knowledgeable about the health
benefits of physical activity and
believe it to be important to their
patients’ health, they have identified
limitations in being able to prescribe
physical activity to patients who
need it, reporting that lack of time to
counsel patients and safety concerns
stand in the way.
“When you think about quitting
smoking – doctors can give you a
prescription or suggest programs
that work – but with physical activity,
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doctors are saying that they don’t
know where to send people or how to
help. It’s a major gap in the system.”
then helps them set goals and
develop a strategy that will allow them
to overcome their unique barriers.
Duhamel says many of these
limitations can be addressed through
the use of a multidisciplinary team
approach that includes the integration
of physical activity specialists, such
as kinesiologists, into primary care;
adding that many physicians have
indicated that they
would refer clients
to physical activity
specialists if they
existed within
health care.
Like many others, Staniforth’s biggest
barrier was simply getting started in
an exercise program, which she found
to be an overwhelming endeavour.
“I had sent away for exercise DVDs
and various things but wasn’t sure if
it was too much or safe for me to try.
years in order to prevent a $4.7 billion
cumulative increase in economic
burden related to health-care
expenditures and lost productivity. The
three key risk factors of concern are
tobacco smoking, physical inactivity,
and obesity, all contributing to chronic
diseases.
“In Manitoba, 55 per cent of the
population is overweight, 45 per cent
is inactive, and 27 per
cent smoke. Keeping
people healthy is one
of the most effective
ways to reduce healthcare costs,” says
Houde.
“If we are serious about prevention,
there are really only a few ways to
do that – eat better, stop smoking
and be more active.” - Duhamel
“If we are serious
about prevention,
there are really only
a few ways to do that – eat better,
stop smoking and be more active.
Certified kinesiologists provide the
support people need to become more
active. They are qualified experts
and they are the best trained in
Canada to help people do this in a
safe and sustainable manner. More
importantly, the kinesiologist’s role will
be to help patients access existing
neighbourhood recreational services
and physical activity opportunities,
creating new linkages between
primary care and the community.”
Dr. Duhamel received $80,000 over
two years from HSF in Manitoba to
help develop the program, which is
being pilot tested at two clinic sites
in Winnipeg, Access River East and
Access Transcona. It is open to
patients between the ages of 20 to
80 who accumulate less than 150
minutes of physical activity per week,
the minimum recommended amount
to achieve health benefits.
“We are working with an excellent
kinesiologist named Alex EdyeMazowita. He works out of both clinics
every day of the week and sees each
patient a total of five times over
four months.”
Edye-Mazowita counsels the patients
one-on-one, first looking at reasons
why they aren’t active enough and
Also, it was winter and I don’t enjoy
walking in the winter, so I contacted
my doctor, concerned about my
weight primarily, and that’s when I was
referred to see Alex,” says Staniforth.
“The encouragement I received from
Alex has been wonderful. He did
some research and suggested I try
aquasize and referred me to a sixweek introduction to exercise
program where I learned a lot of
new things. Alex also encouraged
me to join my neighbourhood YMCAYWCA and I now go there three times
a week for aquafit classes. It has been
really good exposure to what is out
there,” she says.
“If proven effective, this program has
the potential to enhance the way
medicine is practiced in Manitoba,
with an emphasis on preventative
rather than reactive measures to
treating chronic diseases like heart
disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer,”
says Christine Houde, Nutrition
and Research Manager for HSF
in Manitoba.
According to the recent study Making
the Case for Primary Prevention: An
Economic Analysis of Risk Factors
in Manitoba, the province needs
to reduce risk factors for chronic
diseases within Manitoba’s population
by 1% per year over the next 15
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The ENCOURAGE
project was developed
in partnership with the Winnipeg
Regional Health Authority (WRHA),
which provides the program with
access to the clinics, in-kind support,
staff participation, an evaluation unit,
and computer programming for the
referral process.
Jan Schmalenberg, Manager of
Physical Activity Promotion for the
Winnipeg Health Region said the
partnership just made good sense.
“Active healthy lifestyles are important
in the management and prevention
of chronic diseases. Supporting
efforts that support and encourage
Winnipeggers to adopt a healthy
lifestyle will not only benefit them
personally but will benefit our healthcare system as well.”
“If the project works and provides
evidence that this type of health
intervention is effective, then we are
going to build the case that this is
something that should be rolled out
on a bigger scale within the general
population,” says Duhamel. “The
Heart and Stroke Foundation’s grant
is really helping the province to
move this forward, making this a real
possibility in the future.”
For more information on the
Challenge Grant programs, visit
heartandstroke.mb.ca or call
949.2000, toll-free 1.888.473.4636.
Thank you to
our Heart Month Atrial fibrillation: the silent stroke
producer
supporters!
Special thanks to all our Heart
Month supporters who lit up their
buildings in red during February
or provided sponsorship or other
support, including: Belgian Alliance
Credit Union, Boston Pizza - Lionel,
Brandon City Hall, Brandon Wheat
Kings, the Canadian Ski Patrol,
Comfort Inn Brandon, Councillor
Ross Eadie, CTV, Diva Lingerie,
Emergency Medical Services, Green
Drop, Lowry’s Mfg & Sales Ltd., the
Manitoba Legislature, Mick E. Moose,
Portage Co-op, Portage Terriers, Red
River College, Starbucks - Osborne
location, The Bay downtown,The
Christmas Light Guys, the Winnipeg
Free Press.
BIG thanks also to our thousands
of volunteers from across the
province for helping to Make Death
Wait in February.
Upcoming events
Visit heartandstroke.mb.ca for more
events information.
May - May is Physical Activity
Month. Power down your life. Limit
recreational screen time to two hours
per day.
Registration is now open for
the First Annual Winnipeg Fire
Paramedic Service Half Marathon,
10 KM / 5 KM Fun Run/Walk on
Saturday, October 20. Register today
at wfpshalfmarathon.com.
Old Tyme Dance - Fraserwood
Community Hall, Fraserwood, MB.
Sunday, May 6, 1 – 5 p.m. For more
information, call Peter or Lois Karish
at 643.5541.
NHLPA Beard-a-thon - NHL playoff
time is here and things are going
to get hairy! Show your support by
growing your own beard or pledging
a favourite player. Prizes include
Atrial fibrillation (AF), a condition
involving irregular heart rhythm,
increases your risk of stroke. If you
have AF, talk to your doctor about a
treatment that can reduce your risk
of having a stroke.
Saving a life is as simple as
checking a pulse.
Some people may feel fine and show
no symptoms, while others may
experience the following:
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Irregular and fast heartbeat
Heart palpitations or a rapid
thumping chest
Chest discomfort, chest pain or
pressure
Shortness of breath
Fatigue
Live Red. Living red means making
healthy choices that help reduce
your risk of stroke. Know and control
your blood pressure, be smoke-free,
be physically active, make healthy
food choices, and reduce stress.
Plan Red. You can help the Heart
and Stroke Foundation in its quest
to eliminate heart disease and stroke
by making a bequest in your Will.
To learn more about Live Red-Plan
Red, contact our office at 949.2000,
toll-free 1.888.473.4636
For more information about
atrial fibrillation, visit our website
at: www.heartandstroke.ca/
bepulseaware
autographed jerseys, trips and more!
Sign up at beardathon.ca.
A Heart Truth Mother’s Day - This
Mother’s Day, give your mom a card
that supports women’s heart health,
available for download from the Heart
Truth website at hearttruth.ca.
Emergency Medical Services
Week, May 20 – 26, visit the EMS
Week website for activities you and
your family can participate in at
winnipegemsweek.ca.
The Power of Prevention
Conference, Gimli, MB - May 31,
HSF in Manitoba will attend with a
display booth.
June - June is Stroke Month. If
you have an irregular heart beat, you
could be at increased risk for stroke.
Ask your doctor about Atrial Fibrillation.
Kidsfest, June 7-8. Come visit HSF’s
tent at Kidsfest for healthy living
activities for kids of all ages.
www.heartandstroke.mb.ca
Manitoba Lotteries Heart&Stroke
Big Bike ride - Join the fun! Register
your team of 29 friends, family or
coworkers at manitobabigbike.ca.
Riders who raise $100 or more will
be entered to WIN a trip for two to
Honolulu, including return airfare and
six nights accommodation. Sponsored
by CanadaOne Travel.
The 2012 Big Bike ride schedule: Winnipeg - June 20, 21 & 22
Brandon - June 25 & 26
.
Elie/ Saint Eustache - June 27
Morden/ Winkler - June 28
Rural Manitoba - September
August - The Dennis Stefanson
Memorial Golf Tournament - Saturday,
August 18 at Links at the Lake Golf
Course, Gimli. To register call Gil at
642.5482 or Bruce at 642.5185.
Our heartfelt thanks
Thank you to all our donors and sponsors for supporting the fight against heart disease and stroke. The following is a list of those
who contributed $500 or more from Dec. 1, 2011 to Mar. 31, 2012. To view this list online, visit heartandstroke.mb.ca.
Individuals
Goldbourne Alleyne
Patrick Angott
Cordell Barker
Leonard Blankstein
Jackie Bonkowski
Eva Bonkowski
Ronald Buternowsky
Richmond Cheney
Eduardo DeMedeiros
Randy Dueck
Dianne Gamble
Delores Gembey
Faye Giesbrecht
Barbara G. Godfrey
Brian Hastings
David Hill
Malti Joshi
Brian Klaponski
R.M. Kozminski
Carlotta Kulpak
Don Leech
Richard Lindenschmidt
Frances G. Lowe
Dawn R. McKeag
Patricia McManus
Peter Neve
Gerald Parent
Van Rensselaer Price
Jean Purdy
J.D. Riley
Ernesta Rivais
Anita Ross
Kody Rutchka
Richard T. Ryland
Carole Scrivener
William Shepherd
Chris Smook
Gayle Timlick
Peter Toews
David Warkentin
Patricia Wightman
Dorothy Wood
Didzus Zuzens
Organizations
Altus Group Limited
Baldur & Area Donor’s Choice
Bristol Aerospace Limited Employee Fund
Canada Helps
Cargill Employee Voluntary
Charities Fund
Carté International Inc.
City Of Winnipeg Employees’
- Retirees’ Charitable Fund
Conviron
Credit Union Central of
Manitoba
Credit Union Central of
Manitoba Employees
Deloraine & Area Donor’s
Choice
Derksen Plumbing & Heating
Diageo Canada Inc.
Diageo Employees Charity
Fund
Doherty & Associates
Entegra Credit Union
Fehr-Way Tours
Foster Agency
Investors Group Matching Gift
Program
Johnston Group
Manitoba Hydro - Dauphin
Area
Manitoba Hydro Employees
Charitable Donations
Winnipeg
Manitoba Hydro Steinbach &
Area Employees
Manitoba Telecom Services
Inc. - Employee Charity
Trust
Manitoba Telecom Services
Inc. - Employee Group Matching Gift
McCullough Logging
Monarch Industries Ltd.
Pilot Mound Donor’s Choice
RBC Foundation
Russell Donor’s Choice
Samuel, Son & Co., Limited
Seven Oaks Raiders Major Jr
Hockey Club
St. Boniface General Hospital
Employee Charitable Fund
The Canadian Wheat Board
The Great-West Life
Assurance Company
The Wawanesa Mutual
Insurance Company
University of Manitoba
Virden Justice Committee
Winkler & District United Way
Bequests, Trusts and
Other Deferred Gifts
Estate of Beverley Brown
Estate of James Culbert
Estate of Marjorie Dance
Estate of Mary Forsyth
Estate of Agnes Friesen
Gregg & Mary Hanson Family
Fund**
Estate of Doris Henry
Lillian & Harry Henteleff
Memorial Fund*
Dr. Moses & Esther
Kahonovitch Fund*
Estate of Jessie Larmon
Estate of Alma MacDonald
Estate of John Martin
Mennonite Foundation of
Canada
Estate of Mabel Menzies
Estate of Dorice Milford
Estate of Audrey Neal
Estate of Maurine Nowicki
Zechariah Perlman and Doris
Perlman Fund*
Susan Rogers Fund*
Estate of Sonja Schmigel
Ernest I. Silverberg, Morris
Silverberg, David
Silverberg*
Estate of Richard D. Twers
Bella Urie Fund*
Saul Urie Fund*
* Donors who gave through
the Jewish Foundation
** Donors who gave through
The Winnipeg Foundation
Sponsorships and Grants
Allergan
Boehringer Ingelheim
(Canada) Ltd./Ltée
Canada One Travel
Cargill Limited
Corpell’s Water
Granny’s Poultry
Manitoba Canola Growers
Association
Manitoba Lotteries
Nintendo Canada
Qualico
heartsandminds is published three times a year by the
Heart and Stroke Foundation in Manitoba
6 Donald Street Winnipeg, MB R3L 0K6
In Winnipeg: 949.2000 / In Brandon: 571.4080 / Toll-free: 1.888.473.4636
Fax: (204) 957.1365 / Email: ask@heartandstroke.mb.ca
www.heartandstroke.mb.ca
To receive this newsletter by email, please call (204) 949.2047.
Sobeys West
The Dufresne $1 Million
Charity Challenge
The North West Company
AED Sponsors
Crosstown Civic Credit
Union Ltd.
Prairie Mountain Credit Union
Portage Credit Union
Swan Valley Credit Union
Limited
Media Sponsors
CTV
The Winnipeg Free Press
Live Red events
Thanks to all who held Live
Red events this winter
11th Annual Ironman Outdoor
Curling Bonspiel
Bison Transport
Shapes Pembina
Boston Pizza/Manitoba Liquor
Control Commission (MLCC)
Boston Pizza/Emergency
Medical Service (EMS)
Budget Blinds Brandon
Club 373
Festival du Voyageur 2012
Beard Growing Contest
Investors Group
Kawii Crepes
Lawn Boys Ltd.
Manitoba Blue Cross
Manitoba Hydro
Manitoba Public Insurance
Moksha Yoga Kildonan
Noventis Credit Union
(Moosehead & Gimli
Branches)
Puma Grand Prix
RBC Private Client Banking
A Real Tradition Christmas
Tree Sales
Enea Grande
Scotiabank
Sisters at Heart Golf Tournament
South Interlake 55+ Club
Sara Tone & Kallie Kyle
Vintage Bling
Zumba-thon with Jan (Gimli
and Selkirk)
heartsandminds
of Manitoba
NEWS FOR FRIENDS OF THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION
NEWS FOR FRIENDS OF THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION
SPRING / SUMMER 2012
The future of medicine: treating chronic
disease before it starts
New research could lead to a
more collaborative approach
within the health-care system
for prescribing physical
activity to patients at risk
When Diana Staniforth visited her
doctor about her weight concerns,
she never imagined that she would be
leaving with a prescription for physical
activity, but that’s exactly what
happened and what could be available
in the future to all Manitobans.
“I got into the program by chance
– I hadn’t heard of it. I simply filled
out a questionnaire and found out
I qualified,” says Staniforth, 64,
who is one of up to 250 Manitobans
to take part in a pilot physical
activity promotion program called
ENCOURAGE (ENhancing primary
care COUnselling and Referrals to
community-based physical Activity
opportunities for sustained lifestyle
chanGE).
(L to R) Dr. Todd Duhamel with Kinesiologist Alex Edye-Mazowita, and Access
River East Team Manager Lisa Ziolkoski and Family Physician Dr. Amanda Condon
physical activity level and tell you
that you should be more active
and that’s where the advice ends,”
says Duhamel. “It comes from the
perspective that physical activity is
something people should be able to
go out and do on their own – but the
reality is that it requires sustained
behavioral change, and there are a lot
of barriers to it.”
Led by Heart and Stroke Foundation
(HSF) Researcher Dr. Todd
Duhamel and supported by HSF in
Duhamel says patients commonly
Manitoba’s Challenge Grants, the
ENCOURAGE project is designed to cite barriers like lack of time and
limited knowledge about community
model a health-care system in which
www.heartandstroke.mb.ca
primary care doctors refer sedentary programs, as well as cost and
cultural obstacles.
patients to a certified kinesiologist,
who works one-on-one with them to
“We’re finding that there are some
develop an individualized physical
people who don’t really know how to
activity action plan.
exercise. Many young people have
“A lot of times you go to the doctor
and they will ask you about your
had physical education in school but
a lot of parents and grandparents
didn’t. We’ve identified that many
have not even tried a lot of available
community programs – so they don’t
even know if they would enjoy them
or not,” says Duhamel.
Duhamel also says although doctors
are knowledgeable about the health
benefits of physical activity and
believe it to be important to their
patients’ health, they have identified
limitations in being able to prescribe
physical activity to patients who
need it, reporting that lack of time to
counsel patients and safety concerns
stand in the way.
“When you think about quitting
smoking – doctors can give you a
prescription or suggest programs
that work – but with physical activity,
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