{"id":67619,"date":"2015-09-04T07:18:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T12:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=67619"},"modified":"2015-09-04T07:18:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T12:18:43","slug":"health-groups-promote-fitness-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/09\/04\/health-groups-promote-fitness-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Health groups promote fitness challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>VW independent\/submitted information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Various health organizations throughout Van Wert have teamed together for a communitywide health and fitness challenge.\u00a0 The challenge, which has been dubbed \u201cLive Healthy Van Wert!\u201d, is a 20-week program to promote healthier living and to reduce and prevent obesity in our community.<\/p>\n<p>No matter where participants are in their journey, this challenge is designed to help everyone find success on their path to a healthier lifestyle.\u00a0Residents of Van Wert and the surrounding areas are invited to participate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Live-Healthy-Van-Wert-logo-9-2015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-67620\" alt=\"Live Healthy Van Wert logo 9-2015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Live-Healthy-Van-Wert-logo-9-2015.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a>The cost for the challenge is $20 and participants will receive ongoing support from local wellness professionals; optional education sessions on goal setting, nutrition, exercise, and stress; special fitness classes; online resources and chances to win prizes for participating and achieving their goals.\u00a0 Participants must be age 12 or older.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for \u201cLive Healthy Van Wert\u201d will be at the Health Aware Fair on Saturday, September 12, from 7-11 a.m. at Van Wert Elementary School.\u00a0 All participants who register for the challenge will receive a private assessment at the beginning and end of the challenge that will include height, weight, waist and hip measurements and blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Those who want to participate, but are unable to attend the Health Aware Fair, may sign up at one of the sponsoring organizations from September 14-18.\u00a0The challenge will be from September 12-January 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive Healthy Van Wert!\u201d is sponsored by Van Wert County Hospital, Gen-X Training Studio, Gaylord E. Leslie Wellness Center, Van Wert YMCA, and the YWCA of Van Wert County.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the challenge, visit its Facebook page at <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/groups\/livehealthyvanwert\">facebook.com\/groups\/livehealthyvanwert<\/a> or send an email to <a href=\"mailto:info@vanwerthospital.org\">info@vanwerthospital.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information Various health organizations throughout Van Wert have teamed together for a communitywide health and fitness challenge.\u00a0 The challenge, which has been dubbed \u201cLive Healthy Van Wert!\u201d, is a 20-week program to promote healthier living and to reduce and prevent obesity in our community. No matter where participants are in their journey, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 03:50:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}