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“Let’sGet Steppin!Saving the Next Generation…Pedometer Walking”
By: Billie Jean King
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(Combating the War on Obesity…Pedometer Walking
Book offers helpful solutions from the perspective of the Author’s personal experience. In addition, she highlights the impact of manufacturers contributions and how churches in their unconscious role have affected the advancement of obesity.
May 17, 2011,Billie Jean King announces the release of “Let’s Get Steppin! Saving the Next Generation…Pedometer Walking. Walking daily with the aid of a pedometer since 2005; King recognized the difference that it made in motivating her to get up and get moving. In spite of her current overweight condition, she credits pedometer walking and the alternative food choices that she’s implemented with keeping her free of the obesity-related diseases thus far. “I tussled with the thought of holding off publishing this book until I’d attained my desired weight goal, you know… after the victory. Then, I was reminded that it’s during the struggles of life is when encouragement, comfort, and strength is needed the most",stated King.
Inspired by the “Big Challenge” series that aired in 2007 on kids and obesity, and the Surgeon General’s report that advocates obesity is more prevalent and pervasive among Blacks and Hispanics; King presented a pedometer challenge to her granddaughter in 2008. Known for her innovative and creative thinking, she concluded that her personal experience testimony along with her granddaughter’s pedometer challenge results needed to be shared. King shares frankly concerning her and her family’s battle with Obesity and the associated complications as well.
From her research, she determined that there were several books in print advocating pedometer walking. “I came away with the notion that a book needed to written promoting the effectiveness of the pedometer targeting the segment of America where obesity is influenced the most. It needed to be relevant and identifiable to a grandmother, Big Mama, uncle, aunt ,cousin and children. The pedometer is the next best gadget since the stop watch..."says King.
Let’s get steppin! (In Paperback, ISBN #978-0-615-33268-0) is won-derfully illustrated in colorful images of foods, charts and graphs.
Kings' out of the box thinking has propelled her to tackle another Genre. Moving from her fictional love story novel entitled, “At Last”, “Let’s get steppin! closely resembles a health & fitness book, a diet & nutrition, and a motivational book, combined in the context of her engaging testimony. In chapter seven of her book, she also introduces her invented line of colorful pedometer safety leash chains. Marketing insurance and financial products, King resides in San Ramon, CA., this is her second book.
Retailers may order “Let’s Get Steppin!" through Lightning Source/Ingram Book Company,. Using the ISBN #, individuals may purchase from Amazon, Barnes & Noble’s.
Synopsis
Let's GetSteppin!Saving the Next Generation...Pedometer Walking
Inspired by the “The Big Challenge” series that aired in 2007 on kids and obesity, and the Surgeon General’s report that advo-cates obesity is more prevalent and per-vasive among Blacks and Hispanics; King presented a pedometer challenge to her granddaughter in 2008, who was 8 years old at the time. Notable results were observed:
§ Her desire for outside activities increased immensely.
§ Attempting to reach her daily goal of 12k steps became additive.
§ The pedometer was viewed more a game than a tracking tool.
King shares frankly concerning her and her families battle with obesity and the associated complications of Type II diabetics, heart disease, sleep apnea, kidney failure, and hypertension to name a few. As a writer, author, she tells her irrefutable testimony of how she attributes the aid of pedometer walking and alternative food selections to her being able to ward off Type II Diabetes thus far.
In an eye opening and thought provoking approach; she highlights the impact of the church and its unconscious role on how it contributes toward the advancement of obesity. She also spotlights manufacturers in their supportive and not so supportive efforts.
“The church in a good conscious state can’t be guilty of creating an opportunity and an environment for the very thing that they preach and teach against, [temptation.”]
“I tussled with the idea of holding off publishing this book until I’d attained my desired weight goal; I figured that it would be received or recognized as being a more effective or proven mechanism. You know… after the victory. Then I was reminded that it’s during the struggles of life is when encouragement, comfort, and strength is needed the most, whether you’re the one that’s receiving it or giving it.”[Excerpt from Introduction.]
Wonderfully illustrated in colorful photo’s of food, charts, graphs and alternative food recipes. “Let’s Get Steppin!” offers an innovative, identifiable and plain talk method to a targeted segment of America concerning the debilitating disease of Obesity. It’s non-clinical, yet, in a clinical approach, it promotes self awareness along with her proven principles to assist in tackling the war on obesity. If you or your family members are toiling with the “generational curse” of obesity and its related complications as King confesses…this book will leave you hopeful!...
