Healthy Lifestyle Programs Improve Quality of Life

September 28th, 2016

The next time you see an ad for a healthy lifestyle program at work, church, or in your neighborhood, you might want to consider joining. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that participation in these programs not only helped people lose weight, increase their physical activity levels, and reduce their risk of diabetes and heart disease but also increased their health-related quality of life by an average of nearly 10 percent. Now’s your chance to take charge of your own health. http://www.upmc.com/media/NewsReleases/2016/Pages/healthy-lifestyle-improves-quality-of-life.aspx