Success StoryCouch Potato Challenge
Couch Potato Challenge
Author: Jacqueline Doucet
Planning Unit: Boyd County CES
Major Program: Active Living and Health Promotions General
Plan of Work: Nutrition and Food Matters And Healthy Family (Community) through Healthy Individuals
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Boyd County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences offered a newsletter-based walking program designed for individuals who have not previously been physically active or who have not been physically active in a long time. There were 23 participants. 100 percent of participants increased the amount of walking that they did on a weekly basis. 95 percent of participants examined ways to set goals for walking. A follow-up evaluation revealed that 80 percent of participants are still engaging in weekly physical activity.
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