Dallas Physician Invites Patients to Walk

 Jan. 14, 2015

WHAT: Dallas residents of all ages are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and join Sarah Helfand, MD, for Dallas' free Walk With a Doc Texas event.

WHEN: Weekly. The first walk is Saturday, Jan. 17, at 8 am.

WHERE: Coombs Creek Trail, Kessler Parkway, Dallas (meet at the corner of Kessler Parkway and Oak Knoll Street)

WHO: Dallas pediatrician Sarah Helfand, MD

“I got involved with Walk With a Doc to provide an easy, free way for my patients and neighbors to get physical activity,” said Dr. Helfand. “As a pediatrician, I’m seeing too many children develop Type II diabetes because of obesity. It is painful to see my young patients already having complications as a result of obesity and inactivity.”

The Walk With a Doc concept is simple: Physicians organize walks in their communities and invite their patients and their patients’ families to join them. Walk With a Doc is overseen by a national nonprofit organization.

This is a free program. Preregistration is not required. Future walks will be announced on the Walk With a Doc website.

About TMA: TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 48,000 physician and medical student members. It is located in Austin and has 110 component county medical societies around the state. TMA’s key objective since 1853 is to improve the health of all Texans. TMA Foundation raises funds to support the public health and science priority initiatives of TMA and the family of medicine. To learn more, go to www.texmed.org.  

About Walk With a Doc: Walk With a Doc encourages healthy physical activity in people of all ages, and aims to reverse the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle to improve the health and well-being of the country. Walk With a Doc was started in 2005 by David Sabgir, MD, a board-certified cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio, who practices with the Mount Carmel Health System. To learn more, go to www.walkwithadoc.org.

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Contacts:

Pam Udall (512) 370-1382;
cell: (512) 413-6807;
email: 
pam.udall[at]texmed[dot]org 
Brent Annear (512) 370-1381;
cell: (512) 656-7320;
email: 
brent.annear[at]texmed[dot]org 


 

 

Last Updated On

March 14, 2018

Originally Published On

January 14, 2015

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