Jan. 29, 2018
- WHAT: Houston
residents of all ages are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and join Ana
Torres, MD, for her Houston clinic’s first anniversary Walk With a Doc (WWAD)
Texas event.
- WHEN: THIS Saturday,
Feb. 3 at 8 am, followed by the first Saturday of each month at 8 am (click here
for more information)
- WHERE: Love
Park, 1000 W. 12th St., Houston
- WHO: Dr. Ana
Torres and any community members interested in
participating
- WHY: Walking is the single best thing we can do to live a long,
high-quality life. WWAD makes it easy by providing the time, place, motivation
(a brief health talk), and people for a fun walking experience.
The Walk With a Doc
concept is simple: Physicians
organize walks in their communities and invite their patients, their patients’
families, and community members to join them. Walkers will enjoy an
invigorating walk with Dr. Torres and other health care professionals, who will
provide support to participants and answer questions during the walk. Walk With a Doc is overseen by a national
nonprofit organization to get people active and healthy, and is backed by the
Texas Medical Association (TMA) in Texas.
TMA is the
largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 51,000
physician and medical student members. It is located in Austin and has 112 component
county medical societies around the state. TMA’s key objective since 1853 is to
improve the health of all Texans. TMA Foundation, TMA’s philanthropic arm,
raises funds to support the public health and science priority initiatives of
TMA and the family of medicine, including Walk With a Doc Texas. Walk With a Doc Texas is funded by a grant from the TMA Foundation with generous support from TMAIT, Prudential, and BCBSTX. To learn more,
visit the TMA website.
Walk
With a Doc is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage
healthy physical activity in people of all ages, and 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 the Walk With a
Doc website.
Contacts:
On the day of the event:
Kendra Mellado (832) 940-5155;
email: anat[at]thetorrescenter[dot]com
TMA contacts:
Brent Annear (512) 370-1381; cell:
(512) 656-7320; email: brent.annear[at]texmed[dot]org
Marcus Cooper (512) 370-1382;
cell: (512) 650-5336; email: marcus.cooper[at]texmed[dot]org
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Last Updated On
February 13, 2020
Originally Published On
January 29, 2018