Qld: Indigenous people on the warpath against chronic disease
By Jordan Baker
TOWNSVILLE, Feb 27 AAP - Indigenous people have a new weapon in the fight against debilitatingchronic disease - pedometers.
Patients at Townsville's Aboriginal and Islanders Health Service are wearing the step-measuringdevices in a bid to boost their health and fitness.
The new program involves counting the number of steps volunteers take each day, thenencouraging them to slowly boost their activity.
The extra exertion could include things as small as getting up to change the TV channelinstead of using the remote control.
Townsville resident …
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