This simple outdoor activity can improve Americans' health, says governor

One U.S. politician is telling Americans to instrumentality a hike – literally.

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey is encouraging residents to get extracurricular and locomotion astatine slightest 1 mile per day.

The authorities plans to designate authoritative "Mountaineer Mile trails" successful its 32 authorities parks that person hiking trails.

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The MAHA-supporting politician spoke with Fox News Digital connected Tuesday portion astatine HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s announcement of impending nutrient dye bans.

Governor Patrick Morrisey spoke with Fox News Digital connected Tuesday portion astatine HHS pursuing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s nutrient dye prohibition announcement. (@MorriseyWV)

"We're getting a batch of traction with our Mountaineer Mile, and everyone knows the value of getting retired and moving and walking. That's truly starting to summation a batch of spot successful West Virginia," said Morrisey.

Getting Americans steadfast again volition necessitate a multipronged attack to reducing rates of obesity, diabetes, changeable and congestive bosom failure, according to the governor.

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"You're taking the crap retired of the food, you're incentivizing radical to devour bully nutrient … making definite radical are moving and person purposeful lives, and past we're besides encouraging radical to spell retired and exercise."

Hiking tin assistance physique stronger muscles and bones, amended balance, boost bosom wellness and alteration the hazard of respiratory problems, according to the National Park Service. (iStock)

Health benefits of hiking

Hiking tin assistance physique stronger muscles and bones, amended balance, boost bosom wellness and alteration the hazard of respiratory problems, according to the National Park Service.

"150 minutes of walking a week has been shown to widen your lifespan by up to 7 years."

Celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels has touted the benefits of walking, antecedently telling Fox News Digital that she encourages Americans to person a regular measurement goal.

"150 minutes of walking a week has been shown to widen your lifespan by up to 7 years," she said astatine the time. "Something elemental similar that goes specified a agelong way."

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Starting with a simple goal of 5,000 steps a time and utilizing a walking pad is simply a large mode to begin, according to Michaels.

West Virginia has been a person successful pushing for MAHA initiatives. The state's politician has called for a multipronged attack to reducing rates of obesity, diabetes, changeable and congestive bosom failure. (iStock)

Hiking successful quality has besides been shown to trim anxiety and depression.

Stanford researchers person recovered that radical who walked for 90 minutes successful a earthy outdoor mounting showed decreased enactment successful a portion of the encephalon linked to depression.

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"These results suggest that accessible earthy areas whitethorn beryllium captious for mental health successful our rapidly urbanizing world," said co-author Gretchen Daily, the Bing Professor successful Environmental Science and a elder chap astatine the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, successful a survey report. 

"Our findings tin assistance pass the increasing question worldwide to marque cities much livable, and to marque quality much accessible to each who unrecorded successful them."