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PBS's Primetime Health Programming Initiative
Responding to the greatest health challenges facing the country today, in 2007 PBS hosts a primetime Health Initiative to help Americans come to grips with four urgent helath issues that threaten the lives of millions of people. Click the link above to learn more and these health-conscious PBS programs.

The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America
The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America is the first installment in PBS's primetime Health Campaign. The two-hour special, airing during National Heart Month, on Valentine's Day, Wednesday, February 14, at 9 PM, spoltlights the heart disease crisis in the United States and what you can do to keep your heart healthy. Click the link above to learn more about this informative program.

The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America Event Guide
Whether you are new to organizing events or have years of experience, this guide will provide you with planning tips, program ideas, and resources to help you develop an effective program about heart disease. Click the link above to get started.

FAT: What No One is Telling You
FAT: What No One is Telling You explores the myriad of psychological, physiological and environmental factors that make it so tough to shed pounds and keep them off. Click the link above to learn more about this eye-opening documentary.

Program on Aging, UNC School of Medicine
The Program on Aging is an interdisciplinary group committed to improving the health of older adults in North Carolina.  The program assists withthe design of walking programs and improvement of community environments for walking.

WalkWise, DriveSmart
Walk Wise, Drive Smart combines educational, encouragement, enforcement and environmental activities to create a safer and more inviting walking community for older adults in Hendersonville NC. The program sponsors walks around the community.  The goal is to test a model that can be replicated in similar settings in North Carolina and beyond.