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From @lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu:jcma@REAGAN.AI.MIT.EDU Sat May 8 02:34:49 1993
Date: Sat, 8 May 1993 00:57-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org
Subject: National Walking Week
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release May 7, 1993
NATIONAL WALKING WEEK, 1993
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Medical research confirms that regular physical activity
benefits human health in many ways. Exercise can help to
prevent and manage coronary heart disease, hypertension,
noninsulin-dependent diabetes, osteoporosis, and mental health
problems, such as depression and anxiety. Regular exercise is
also linked with lower rates of colon cancer and stroke. Light
to medium exercise for at least 30 minutes each day enhances our
lives by improving our physical fitness and our health.
Sustained walking is a wonderful way to exercise at minimal
risk and little cost. Millions of Americans enjoy walking for
a variety of reasons: as a time for private reflection; an
occasion to enjoy the company of friends; a form of public
demonstration; or as an invigorating activity and sport.
Exercise such as walking is a key component of our Nation's
prevention agenda, which envisions a healthier, vibrant America.
Regular walking is a form of self-care that can contribute to
the reduction of preventable death, disease, and disability;
reduce health care costs; improve overall energy and efficiency;
and promote long and healthy lives. Americans across the
country are experiencing the joys and benefits of regular
walking as policymakers, legislators, and citizens work to
improve trails and protect natural environments that make
walking pleasurable and safe.
The Congress, by Public Law 102-474, has designated the
week of May 2 through May 8, 1993, as "National Walking Week"
and has requested the President to issue a proclamation in
observance of this week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week of May 2
through May 8, 1993, as National Walking Week. I invite the
Governors of the 50 States and the appropriate officials of all
other areas under the jurisdiction of the United States to issue
similar proclamations. I encourage the American people to join
with health and recreation professionals, private voluntary
associations, and other concerned organizations in observing
this week with appropriate programs and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred
and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the two hundred and seventeenth.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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