ICLDC’s Walk 2013 Participants Set To Take 60m Steps
Next Friday
Register online for next weekend’s Walkathon at Yas
Marina Circuit for your chance to win A Walk Of A Lifetime
As Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC) readies for its annual
walkathon this weekend, both facilities in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain have turned
blue to join more than 1,000 buildings around the world in support of the
International Diabetes Federation’s World Diabetes Day (on November 14).
ICLDC
is taking part in this global initiative for the seventh year
running throwing the spotlight on blue as the symbolic colour for use in all diabetes awareness campaigns in the company of destination icons such as the London Eye, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and Toronto’s CN Tower. The collective effort is a signal to communities worldwide that a 30-minute brisk walk every day, combined with a balanced diet, are all it takes to adopt a healthy lifestyle and to manage or even prevent diabetes.
This
message is also carried by ICLDC’s Walk 2013, scheduled for next weekend –
Friday November 15 at Yas Marina Circuit.
This
year the event’s already-proven appeal is boosted by a fresh new promotion
encouraging online registration with the chance to win two tickets to an Etihad
destination of choice, plus Dhs 10,000 spending money.
According
to event organisers, the Walk of a Lifetime promo puts the event on track to
gather a bumper crowd of more than 17,000 people all eager to pace the circuit
and place the spotlight on making regular exercise a daily practice.
Walk
2013, supported by ActiveLife from Daman, is part of ICLDC’s award-winning
public health awareness campaign, Diabetes-Knowledge-Action, under the
patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak.
Over
the past months, the campaign has rolled out a host of mini-walks across the
UAE with more than four million steps already been taken by schools and
organisations who have stepped up in support of Start Walking., the
exciting new grassroots community initiative.
Meanwhile,
it is mooted that more than 60 million steps could be added to the tally on
Friday as walkers choose between a three kilometre (3km) or five kilometre
(5km) route.
Join in, register for Walk
2013 now and secure your chance of taking a walk in the destination of your
choice - www.diabetesuae.ae
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