{"id":284234993,"date":"2014-01-03T18:09:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T18:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=284234993"},"modified":"2014-01-03T18:09:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T18:09:53","slug":"wonder-drug-walking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=284234993","title":{"rendered":"Wonder drug: Walking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jay Walljasper, Better! Cities &amp; Towns<br \/>\nResearchers have discovered a \u201cwonder drug\u201d for many of today\u2019s most common medical problems, says Dr. Bob Sallis, a family practitioner at a Kaiser Permanente clinic in Fontana, California. It\u2019s been proven to help treat or prevent diabetes, depression, breast and colon cancer, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, obesity, anxiety and osteoporosis, Sallis told leaders at the 2013 Walking Summit in Washington, D.C.<br \/>\n\u201cThe drug is called walking,\u201d Sallis announced. \u201cIts generic name is physical activity.\u201d<br \/>\nRecommended dosage is 30 minutes a day, five days a week, but children should double that to 60 minutes a day, seven days a week. Side effects may include weight loss, improved mood, improved sleep and bowel habits, stronger muscles and bones as well as looking and feeling better.<br \/>\nBiking, swimming, dancing, gardening, sports, jogging and aerobics work equally well, Sallis said<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bettercities.net\/news-opinion\/blogs\/jay-walljasper\/20873\/wonder-drug-walking\">https:\/\/bettercities.net\/news-opinion\/blogs\/jay-walljasper\/20873\/wonder-drug-walking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jay Walljasper, Better! Cities &amp; Towns Researchers have discovered a \u201cwonder drug\u201d for many of today\u2019s most common medical problems, says Dr. Bob Sallis, a family practitioner at a Kaiser Permanente clinic in Fontana, California. It\u2019s been proven to help treat or prevent diabetes, depression, breast and colon cancer, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=284234993\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wonder drug: Walking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284234993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284234993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=284234993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284234993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=284234993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=284234993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=284234993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}