Walking is man’s best medicine. It is a simple form of physical activity that most of us are doing every day and could bring us a lot of health benefits. Adults are recommended to gradually increase their daily step goal to 10,000 based on individual’s own physical conditions, abilities, pace and circumstances. Even if the goal cannot be reached yet, any amount of walking is better than none.
The Department of Health and the Occupational Safety and Health Council will organise a walking challenge under the “10,000 Steps a Day” campaign in November 2022 to raise awareness on the health benefits of walking. Interested organisations and individuals can register through the event’s official website. Participants achieveing an average of 8,000 steps will receive exclusive rewards for reaching the target. Let's walk 10,000 Steps for Health!
Health benefits of walking
Organisation and individual participation
Interested organisations and individuals can register through the event’s official website.
After successful registration of the organisation, a designated organisation code will be provided to the organisation contact person. Their employees can then register through the event’s official website and key in the organisation code to represent their organisation to strive for the two organisation awards – “Highest total step counts” award and “Highest number of participating staff achieving 8,000 steps per day” award.
Self-employed individuals can also register and participate in the event.
Individual participants who achieved an average of 8,000 steps per day will be awarded. The top 5 organisations with the highest total step counts and top 5 organisations with the highest number of participating staff achieving 8,000 steps per day throughout the Challenge period will be given trophies, certificates and special prizes.
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