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| Coordinator Dorothy Shum leads two Lower East Side Preparatory High School students across the Broadway Bridge into Manhattan as the walk began at 225th Street. Approximate Time: 9:00AM Approximate Distance: 0 |
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Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks with HealthCorps Volunteer Karen Kim Approximate Time: 10:00AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
| Mehmet Oz speaks with Coordinators Samata Kamireddy, Natalie Levine, Jessica Leinwand, Tamara Bockow, Lauren Abramowitz, and Rebecca Rinehart. Approximate Time: 10:00AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
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Dr. Oz rallied HealthCorps coordinators from the steps of the Milstein Building at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where the prominent surgeon works and first conceived HealthCorps. "I was seeing too many younger patients in need of surgery for blocked arteries," said Dr. Oz. "Through HealthCorps, we reach students at an early age with healthier lifestyle options." Approximate Time: 10:00AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
| HealthCorps coordinators concur that the program is motivating students. According to Jennifer Paulino, a second year health coordinator at High School for Health Careers and Sciences in Manhattan, "My students are definitely reading food labels. Last year about forty students consistently attended HealthCorps seminars during lunch periods. This year I'll be going into classrooms to teach the curriculum." Approximate Time: 10:00AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
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Danny Cruz returned to Fordham High School for the Arts in the Bronx, where he will conduct HealthCorps seminars during physical education classes. The aspiring surgeon and hospital administrator reported, "Last year students had a lot of fun observing real body organs during biology sessions. Now they even watch what I eat and give me a hard time if I slip up." Approximate Time: 10:15AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
| Comprised of thirty-six health coordinators and growing, HealthCorps educates high school students on maintaining a healthy lifestyle through in/after school seminars on diet, nutrition and exercise. HealthCorps empowers young Americans to become educated consumers and to develop positive behavioral shifts that can be measured by changes in rates of obesity and physical fitness and that enhance self esteem and mental resilience. Approximate Time: 10:15AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
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Dr. Oz confers with Coordinator Tamara Bockow Approximate Time: 10:30AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
| Dr. Oz speaks with HealthCorps Coordinator Judith Shatzky. Approximate Time: 10:30AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
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Dr. Oz speaks with Lower East Side Prepatory High School students participating in the HealthCorps walk for fitness. Approximate Time: 10:30AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
| Dr. Mehmet Oz, joined by HealthCorps Executive Director Michelle Bouchard, leads the walk for fitness after a rally at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Approximate Time: 10:30AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
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HealthCorps Director of Administration Stephen M. Evans III participates in the walk in a photograph by Dr. Oz. Approximate Time: 10:30AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
| "By walking, we're showing that something you do every day is beneficial. You don't have to be an athlete. Healthy choices start with little changes," said Rob Roberts, HealthCorps' director of education. Approximate Time: 10:30AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
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Coordinators, including Judith Shatzky, Ashley Congjuico, and Rebecca Rinehart, walk for fitness. Approximate Time: 10:30AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
| Dr. Oz photographs Judith Shatzky, Samata Kamireddy, Jennifer Paulino, Lea Bornstein, and other Coordinators. Approximate Time: 10:30AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
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Coordinators, including Ben Spoer and Rebecca Rinehart, walk past Dr. Oz. Approximate Time: 10:30AM Approximate Distance: 8,624 steps |
| Lea Bornstein and Rob Roberts lead the walk past Columbia University. Approximate Time: 11:40AM Approximate Distance: 16,280 steps |
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Xiomara Otero, Samata Kamireddy, Shanequa Highsmith, and Hillary Spencer walk past Lincoln Center Approximate Time: 12:30PM Approximate Distance: 23,877 steps |
| HealthCorps Executive Director Michelle Bouchard pushes her daughter Liberty as Coordinators pass the Ed Sullivan Theatre. Approximate Time: 1:25PM Approximate Distance: 27,000 steps |
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Coordinators Judith Shatzky, Lauren Abramowitz, and Kathleen Lopez-Kim lead the walk past ABC television's Good Morning America studios in Times Square. Approximate Time: 1:45PM Approximate Distance: 27,632 steps |
| With gratitude for $1.9 million in city funding this year, the walk for fitness stopped for a picture at New York City Hall. Approximate Time: 4:00PM Approximate Distance: 37,048 steps |
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The walk for fitness crosses Wall St. Approximate Time: 4:10PM Approximate Distance: 38,026 steps |
| HealthCorps Coordinators, staff, and students, pose at Bowling Green. Approximate Time: 4:20PM Approximate Distance: 39,004 steps |
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HealthCorps Coordinators, staff, and students celebrate their arrival at Battery Park. Approximate Time: 4:30PM Approximate Distance: 39,453 steps |
| Lauren Abramowitz displays her pedometer and an impressive 40,279 steps down Broadway. Approximate Time: 4:30PM Exact Distance: 40,279 steps |
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Founded by cardiac surgeon and author Dr. Mehmet Oz, HealthCorps educates high school students on maintaining a healthy lifestyle through in/after school seminars on diet, nutrition and exercise. HealthCorps empowers young Americans to become educated consumers and to develop positive behavioral shifts that can be measured by changes in rates of obesity and physical fitness and that enhance self esteem and mental resilience.