ADVISORY/Innovative ``Walk for Health'' Trail Opens in Baldwin Hills.

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ADVISORY...for Saturday (Nov. 15)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

    Park-Based Solution for African-American and Latino Communities
     With Highest Percentage of Obesity & Highest Death Rates From
               Diabetes and Heart Disease in L.A. County

WHAT:    County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke and a diverse
         coalition of community, health, park and elected leaders will
         celebrate the opening of the new Walk for Health Trail in the
         Baldwin Hills, followed by a free community health fair. The
         Walk for Health Trail responds to the alarming increase of
         heart disease, stroke, diabetes and obesity in surrounding
         African-American and Latino communities, and emphasizes the
         single most important step that people can take to lose
         weight and to reduce stroke, heart disease and diabetes risk:
         WALKING.

         The day-long Health Fair will feature dozens of free
         screenings for diabetes, high blood pressure, anemia,
         prostate cancer, HIV, cholesterol, body fat, free
         immunizations and flu shots, and consultations with
         physicians and nurses.

WHO:     The Walk for Health Trail is sponsored by Community
         Conservancy International (CCI), L.A. County Department of
         Parks and Recreation, Los Angeles Conservation Corps and The
         California Endowment. The Health Fair is sponsored by Kaiser
         Permanente, L.A. County Department of Health Services, CCI
         and The California Endowment.

WHEN:    Saturday, Nov. 15
         11 a.m. -- Walk for Health Trail Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
         Free Health Fair till 3 p.m.

WHERE:   Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
         1400 South La Cienega Blvd.
         Los Angeles, CA

DIRECTIONS:

         10 Freeway west, exit La Cienega Blvd. south, cross Rodeo
         Road, exit right at park entrance sign.

WHY:     Health disparities in African-American and Latino communities
         have reached epidemic proportions. The Walk for Health Trail
         is one of the most scenic fitness opportunities in Los
         Angeles, and is easily accessible to large African-American
         and Latino communities. Colorful signs along the three-mile
         loop combine important health tips with related facts about
         the diverse plants and animals native to the Baldwin Hills
         and encourage people toward a healthier lifestyle.