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The Diabetes Australia Victoria has launched a new campaign to encourage people to take up walking as a way to improve their health and well-being and help tackle the twin epidemics of obesity and diabetes. The new campaign Take steps for diabetes – walk‘n’talk promotes all forms of walking as cheap and easy ways to help prevent the development of type 2 diabetes and to remind people that a lack of physical activity is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. The campaign is aimed at Victorian adults who do no physical activity at all as well as those who do a little but not enough. The Take steps for diabetes – walk ‘n’ talk campaign encourages people to walk with a friend. People can share their favourite walk or find a new walking route on the new campaign website. Programs are available for people who cannot do it alone.

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Launching
The campaign launched in Federation Square on the 12th of July 2009 marks the start of National Diabetes Week 2009.

Motivational Words
“The beauty of walking is that it costs nothing and you can do it almost anywhere. Finding motivators for walking is the key to healthy living,” - Professor Greg Johnson, CEO of Diabetes Australia Victoria.

Surveys
The Newspoll research has found that over half of the people surveyed were encouraged by walking with a friend, while 44 per cent owned a dog, 14 per cent walked with a club or group and another 14 per cent walk with their child in a pusher.

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