Heart Foundation (Northern Territory)
For over 60 years, the Heart Foundation has been the trusted peak body working to improve heart disease prevention, detection and support for all Australians. It is also Australia’s largest heart health charity.
Coronary heart disease is Australia’s number one killer, taking 51 lives every day. To help Heart Foundation realise its vision of an Australia free of heart disease, the organisation continue to harness the energy and intellect of Australia’s best minds, and combines this with the teamwork and passion of supporters and the generosity of millions of Australians.
On the Heart Foundation website, you can find:
This is the link for The Heart Foundation home page www.heartfoundation.org.au.
Heart Foundation Walking
Walking for an average of 30 minutes or more a day can lower the risk of heart disease, stroke by 35% percent and Type 2 diabetes by 40%. Walking is a great introduction to physcial activity, and is as easy as it sounds. Take the dog for a walk, walk the kids to school, jump on a treadmill or walk around your local neighbourhood or join a Heart Foundation Walking Group. Walking is an excellent form of exercise for people of all ages and abilities. Joining a Heart Foundation Walking Group provides both physical and social health benefits.
If you’re just getting back into exercise, you should start your walking program gradually. Here are some tips on how to get started and how to prepare for walking. (See walking tips).
Join a Heart Foundation walking group. There are groups throughout the Territory.
For more information, contact the Walking Program Officer, Northern Territory. Phone: 08 8982 2709
Page updated: November 2024
