China News Service, Beijing, November 9th. At present, it has become a way of life for more and more people to complete 10,000 steps a day.
The Fifth "Ten Thousand Steps with Your Appointment" Hiking Encouragement Contest hosted by the Center for Chronic Diseases of the China CDC recently concluded. Since August this year, more than 200,000 people have participated.
Since the launch of the event in 2016, it has covered nearly 40% of counties and districts (1,098 counties and districts) across the country, with more than 1 million visitors.
The project is organically integrated with the prevention and control of chronic diseases, and a health database of occupational population based on walking is established.
The summary meeting of the 5th "Ten Thousand Steps" Hiking Inspiration Competition and the 6th Host City Selection Meeting was held in Huairou District, Beijing recently.
The competition is based on the "action generation" principle of the "stage change theory" of health behavior, and fully combines the characteristics of strong organization and fragmentation of physical activities of the professional population to encourage contestants to complete 10,000 steps a day for 100 days.
On the day of the wrap-up meeting, Houma City, Shanxi Province, after competition, became the host city of the sixth competition in 2021.
Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the CDC of the National Health Commission, said in a video on the front line of epidemic prevention and control that walking is the most convenient, effective and most lifestyle-oriented exercise. The Wanbu Contest uses walking as the entry point and will The special action is closely integrated with the construction of a demonstration zone for comprehensive prevention and control of chronic diseases, creatively exert the advantages of functional communities, fully mobilize social forces to participate, and actively respond to the important health risk factor of "lack of physical activity", which well reflects the frontier The concept of migration and prevention is the organic combination of mass fitness and chronic disease prevention and control.
According to Yan Jun, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite the impact of the new crown epidemic, from last year’s Laiwu in Shandong to this year’s Huairou in Beijing, the scale of the "ten thousand steps with promises" contest is still being Brand project of chronic disease intervention practice with Chinese characteristics.
In the continuous exploration of the last five years, the "Ten Thousand Steps with Contract" contest has developed to cover thousands of counties and districts with millions of people participating.
In order to meet the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, this year's competition has made full use of the advantages of the Internet and information technology, taking full advantage of outdoor walking exercises to reduce gathering, enjoy the body and mind, and promote immunity.
The competition has strengthened online registration and interaction. By setting up two schedules and a series of “cloud ten thousand steps” online activities, all regions can flexibly organize the time and scale of participation according to different epidemic prevention and control situations.
Wu Jing, director of the Chronic Disease Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, pointed out that insufficient physical activity is an important risk factor for chronic diseases. Walking is suitable for a wide range of people, high safety, and long-term adherence to exercise. It has a very significant effect on the prevention and control of chronic diseases. effect.
To this end, in 2015, the China CDC Center for Chronic Diseases organized 2,760 people to carry out "Strong Walking Incentive" interventions for Chinese professional groups in 22 "National Demonstration Zones for Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases" in 21 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country. The research project has explored an effective "strike-walking incentive" intervention model for chronic diseases with Chinese characteristics, suitable for large-scale promotion among professional groups.
Under the guidance of the CDC of the National Health Commission, the Center for Chronic Diseases of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has organized five consecutive "Ten Thousand Steps with Your Appointment" walking incentive competition across the country, and this intervention model has been extended to nearly 40% nationwide. Counties and districts (1,098 counties and districts) directly participated in more than 1 million people.
The project has organically integrated the prevention and control of chronic diseases, and established a health database of occupational population based on walking. At present, it has accumulated more than 1 billion professional walking data in China and nearly 600,000 complete health index data of occupational population. There is a positive relationship between fitness walking and blood pressure, blood sugar, body fat, body weight, and body fat rate, and a health promotion model with Chinese characteristics has been explored.
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