Chang Gung Yongqing Cup Road Race starts on October 7th GO

To live, you must move. To be healthy, you must move even more! Due to the changes in modern people's living habits, coupled with factors such as excessive stress, uncontrolled diet, and lack of sleep, "less exercise and more eating" can easily cause obesity, back pain, and even reduce metabolic function, resulting in the so-called "metabolic syndrome."

In order to promote healthy exercise, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital has been involved in community health promotion activities in recent years, targeting everyone from children to adults, with the theme of "healthy diet, regular exercise" in the hope of gradually and effectively cultivating healthy habits among the Chinese people, thereby improving their health.

As for children, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital has entered the campus and cultivated correct concepts and healthy living habits among students by arranging health education courses, increasing the time and frequency of physical exercises during class breaks, and providing parent-doctor consultations. A total of more than 2,400 students have been served. Not only has the average weight of the students decreased, but with regular exercise, their body fat has also been effectively reduced, and the concept of "healthy weight loss" has been deeply rooted in the children's minds.

For adults, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital invites residents from the community surrounding the hospital to participate in the exercise and diet intervention program. In terms of exercise, a contract for regular exercise should be established; a friendly exercise environment (such as community activity centers and walking trails) should be provided, and exercise should be led by professionals; simple exercise techniques should be taught to the public (such as the essentials of walking, Waidan Qigong, Tai Chi, etc.);

Through group motivation, call on friends to exercise together; use reward mechanisms (pedometers, rice) to encourage people to exercise regularly. After 6 months of effort, the number of people participating in exercise increased, waist circumference decreased, and HDL cholesterol increased.

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital has been planning to hold this road running event every October since 2010. In 2010, it was held in Taipei City, with more than 7,000 participants. In 2011, it was expanded to Taipei and Chiayi, with more than 13,000 participants. This year, the number of participants is expected to reach 17,000.

The "2012 Yongqing Cup Road Race" will be held on the morning of October 7, starting at 6:30 a.m. at the "Taipei City Government Citizen Square" and 7:30 a.m. at the "Chiayi County Government Prince Boulevard". The event will combine "Towel Exercise" and "Chang Gung Health Exercise" to lead the public to warm up together.

The event also features free massage experiences, a mouth and foot painting exhibition, a healthy body position game area, free medical consultation, and four major cancer screening promotion and examination services. Friends who are interested in health exercises and love sports are welcome to sign up and participate.