China News Service, Beijing, March 12 (Reporter Wang Zumin) As more and more people begin to realize the dangers of depression, a group of anti-"depression" people are already moving forward on the road of "depression" - "anti-depression" in 2024 Yu United Action·Hundred People in One Hundred Cities Healthy Heart Run" will be fully launched on World Bipolar Disorder Day (March 30).
The 2024 "Joint Action Against Depression - Healthy Heart Run for Ten Thousand People in One Hundred Cities" offline event will be launched simultaneously in 9 cities along the Yangtze River on March 30.
Photo courtesy of Beijing Shangshan Charity Foundation
Relevant data show that depression has the highest suicide rate and is becoming one of the biggest killers of mankind.
However, the outside world once had a serious lack of understanding of depression. As a result, for a long period of time, depression was labeled as "unthinkable", "too fragile", and even "hypocritical".
As a social organization that focuses on mental health, engages in depression prevention and knowledge popularization, Beijing Shangshan Charity Foundation launched the "Anti-Depression Joint Action·Hundred People in One Hundred Cities Healthy Heart Run" in 2021. This is the fourth edition so far.
Mao Aizhen, founder and chairman of the Beijing Shangshan Charity Foundation, said that running is a very good aerobic exercise and one of the best ways to prevent and relieve depression.
Different from other running sports, "Healthy Running" does not involve racing or threshold. It emphasizes a happy start and advocates "walking 8,000 steps and jogging 5 kilometers" every day.
She said that the "Hundred Cities Ten Thousand People Healthy Heart Run" event aims to arouse more people's attention to mental health and the prevention and treatment of depression, and drive more patients with depression to escape from the haze.
At the same time, more people will be able to realize the effectiveness and importance of running in preventing, alleviating, and even treating depression, and participate in this sport that integrates physical fitness and health.
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The "Healthy Heart Run" does not involve racing or threshold, and emphasizes "happy start".
Photo courtesy of Beijing Shangshan Charity Foundation
The reporter learned that the fourth "Anti-Depression Joint Action·100-City Ten Thousand People Healthy Heart Run" was guided by the National Center for Mental Health and Mental Hygiene Prevention and Control and the Chinese Mental Health Association, and sponsored by Beijing Shangshan Charity Foundation and Nebula Cultural Education Charity Co-sponsored by the foundation, Shanghai Zijiang Charity Foundation and Tencent Charity Foundation, the event is divided into offline and online parts.
Offline activities will be launched simultaneously on March 30 in nine cities along the Yangtze River: Yushu in Qinghai, Lijiang in Yunnan, Yibin in Sichuan, Changsha in Hunan, Wuhan in Hubei, Nanchang in Jiangxi, Wuhu in Anhui, Yangzhou in Jiangsu, and Shanghai.
As the main venue of this event, Shanghai will connect the remaining eight cities in real time, start online simultaneous live broadcasts, and conduct interviews and dialogues with relevant experts and scholars on topics such as mental health and depression prevention.
Other cities will also select unique fitness running routes to popularize science among citizens, and invite celebrities to give lectures and serve as flag-bearers.
If offline activities are compared to a "spark", online activities can be called a "power that starts a prairie fire."
As long as you sign up for a team or join a team on the Shangshan Jianxin mini program, you can participate in the "Healthy Heart Run" activity at your location.
Currently, nearly 600 teams have been formed by runners from all over the country.
It is reported that the "Healthy Heart Run" event has attracted more than 170,000 participants since it was held for more than three years.
Today, more than 10,000 netizens insist on participating in the "Jianxin Run" on the Shangshan Jianxin mini program every day.
Judging from the current online registration and team formation situation, this year’s participants may be far more than 100,000 people.
In 2023, the third "Hundred Cities and Thousands of People Fitness Run" offline event was held in 33 cities.
Photo courtesy of Beijing Shangshan Charity Foundation
March 30 is the birthday of the famous Impressionist painter Van Gogh.
In July 1890, Van Gogh, who was believed to be suffering from bipolar disorder, committed suicide.
Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that includes both depressive and manic episodes.
Since 2015, initiated by the International Bipolar Disorder Society and the International Bipolar Disorder Foundation, March 30th every year has been designated as "World Bipolar Disorder Day".
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