Saturday, April 10, 2010

Abundant Life with Exercise (Branda Polk). “'A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance.'” (John 10:10, HCSB)
The statistics are frightening and sad:
• 62% of Americans are overweight or obese
• 1 in 3 US adults have high blood pressure
• 17.2 million Americans have diagnosed diabetes, approximately 6.1 million are undiagnosed diabetics, and over 63 million are pre-diabetic symptoms
• 1 in 3 American men have some form of heart disease
These realities are just a few reminders of the unhealthy, disease riddled lives that so many people live. These statistics are even more discouraging when, most of the time, these are the consequences of an inactive lifestyle and are completely preventable..."

 

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