The Mount Mercy Health Services Department encourages the best choices for a healthy lifestyle, and its goal is to assist students, faculty and staff in the process of learning to independently select healthy behavior. A healthy lifestyle encompasses intellectual, social, spiritual, physical, emotional and occupational components. The entire Mount Mercy community can participate in any of our programs.
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Walking
According to the Mayo Clinic, walking is a gentle, low-impact exercise that can ease you into a higher level of fitness and health with numerous benefits. Mount Mercy's campus offers a safe and beautiful space to walk and enjoy the outdoors. We've outlined several routes ranging from less than a mile to over 2.5 miles that start right on the Hill. Download the campus area walking map or tunnel map and get moving!
Walking can help you:
- Lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the "bad" cholesterol)
- Raise high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol)
- Lower your blood pressure
- Reduce your risk of or manage type 2 diabetes
- Manage your weight
- Improve your mood
- Stay strong and fit