ROBBINSVILLE – The American Heart Association is seeking nominations for the Shoreline Heart Walk Lifestyle Change Award, which is locally sponsored by New Jersey Natural Gas.
The award recognizes people or groups who have made changes that have impacted their quality of life and improved their health.
Starting an exercise program, reducing stress levels, incorporating better eating habits, quitting smoking and managing blood pressure and cholesterol are just a few examples of the many ways that people are getting healthy.
Nominations will be accepted through Friday, Sept. 12, and winners will be recognized at the Shoreline Heart Walk on Saturday, Sept. 27 at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood.
Heart Walk, sponsored nationally by Subway and locally sponsored by Meridian Health and Barnabas Health, is the American Heart Association’s community celebration focused promoting healthy lifestyles and raising funds to save lives from this country’s No. 1 and No. 4 killers – heart disease and stroke. Held in more than 400 communities throughout the U.S., the Heart Walk is designed to promote physical activity and heart-healthy living through an environment that’s fun and rewarding for the entire family.
According to the American Heart Association, nearly 78 million adults and 13 million children in the United States deal with the health and emotional effects of obesity every day while nearly 80 percent of adults don’t participate in the recommended amount of physical activity.
In the United States, about one out of every three adults have high blood pressure and more than 23 percent of high school students report using tobacco products on a regular basis.
Nominations for the Lifestyle Change Award can be submitted by friends, co-workers or relatives. Individuals may also nominate themselves. In order to be considered, individuals must be non-smokers or smoke-free for at a minimum of six months. Nomination forms are available at www.ShorelineHeartWalk.org or by calling the American Heart Association at 609-208-0020.
