Helping Patients Get Fit - One Walk at a Time

There's a bit of a damp chill in the air late on a Saturday morning in mid-March as 17 people -- most of whom appear to be in their 50s or older -- gather at a park in this Washington suburb. But they are not deterred.

The group is participating in the Walk with a Doc program, started in 2005 by Columbus, Ohio cardiologist David Sabgir, MD. On this morning's walk in Wheaton, Asha Subramanian, MD, a co-founder of this "Walk with a Doc" chapter, begins by giving a 5-minute talk on ways to build healthy habits, including cutting up healthy foods in advance for snacking and "anchoring" a habit to something you do every day.

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