Vermont Business Magazine Governor Philip B. Scott has declared May 2023 Physical Fitness and Sports Month in Vermont, encouraging Vermonters to be energetic this spring. The proclamation was requested by the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, a bodily exercise promotion and advocacy group comprised of volunteers appointed by the Governor and representing a broad spectrum of Vermonters.

The proclamation aligns with the nationwide designation of May as Physical Fitness and Sports Month, an effort by the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition to lift consciousness about the advantages of bodily exercise.

The Vermont Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports encourages households to be energetic open air by way of a wide range of packages, together with Vermont Parks Prescriptions, Vermont Senior Games, Community Wellness Grants, and the annual Corporate Cup Challenge and State Agency Race on May 11 in Montpelier (and nearly by way of May 31).

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In Vermont, 50 p.c of human deaths are attributable to power, preventable, life-style illnesses together with coronary heart illness, most cancers, and diabetes. These illnesses may be lowered or prevented when individuals are routinely bodily energetic. The Vermont Department of Health recommends that adults goal for half-hour of average bodily exercise not less than 5 days every week, or 2 hours and half-hour weekly. Moderate exercise contains strolling briskly, bicycling, dancing, climbing, paddling, and swimming.

Children and adolescents ought to take part in not less than 60 minutes of bodily exercise every single day, together with strolling to highschool, enjoying in a yard or playground, climbing bushes, driving bikes, and collaborating in sports activities. In Vermont, 61 p.c of adults and 22 p.c of adolescents in grades 9-12 meet these tips.

“Vermonters have many beautiful spaces to walk, run, ride bikes, paddle, climb, and play sports, and May is a great time to start,” mentioned Council chairperson, Janet Franz. “Staying active helps us feel better physically and mentally, boosts immunity and reduces risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stiff backs, anxiety, depression, low energy, and a host of other ailments, reducing the need for medicine and medical care. Exercise is medicine.”

Read the proclamation.

Learn extra concerning the Vermont Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

Learn extra concerning the Vermont Corporate Cup Challenge and State Agency Race.

Photos hooked up: members within the 2019 Vermont Corporate Cup Challenge and State Agency Race