National Walk at Lunch Day at DSU – Photo Slideshow

Students, faculty and staff at Delaware State University participated in the “National Walk at Lunch Day” on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 on campus. 

For images from the walking event at DSU, click on: https://www.flickr.com/photos/48216028@N03/sets/72157652259219491/show

The group of about 50 started the walk at about 12:30 p.m. in front of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Center and took a 15-minute scenic route that took the group west on Old College Road, up to the oldest part of the campus around Loockerman Hall, and back east along the pedestrian mall area.

The walk was sponsored by the Delaware Center for Health Promotion (DCHP), which is part of DSU’s College of Education, Health and Public Policy.  Students from the Health and Fitness Leaders Organization assisted with the event. According to Marianne Carter, director of DCHP, “Walking is a tremendously healthy form of activity.  If a daily walk was available in pill form, it would be the most widely prescribed drug in America.” 

Ms. Carter adds that physical inactivity is a leading preventable cause of death in the United States – second only to tobacco use.  Walking – one of the simplest and most effective forms of exercise – can reduce the risk for chronic disease, elevate mood and assist with weight loss efforts.

The “National Walk at Lunch Day” is a nationwide event created by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.                                        

The April 29 walk is one of the many health promotion programs offered to the DSU campus community as part of the “Healthy Hornets on the Move” wellness program, funded in part by a grant from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.