‘Kick Off the Pounds’ online challenge begins

Staff report

Canfield

Ohio State University Extension, 490 S. Broad St., is hosting a six-week wellness challenge called “Kick Off the Pounds” from Aug. 27 to Oct. 9.

The online challenge is designed to help participants get fit by encouraging regular exercise, stressing the importance of nutrition, and providing wellness tips.

Participants will receive weekly e-communications via blogs, Facebook and email with tips and recipes to help them get fit.

Additional food and activity logs will be available to download to help participants track their progress. A post-challenge survey will be used to collect comments to improve future challenges and track participant progress. All participant information will be kept confidential.

Anyone who documents a nutrition, health and fitness lifestyle change during the six weeks will be entered in a drawing to win a prize.

There will be weekly drawings for cookbooks, fitness products, and other prizes to encourage wellness and all participants are eligible to win.

To participate, send an email to stefura.2@osu.edu with “Kick Off the Pounds” in the subject line and “subscribe” in the body of the email. E-communications will begin Aug. 27. While Facebook will be used, participants only need to have an email address.

For information, contact Beth Stefura at 330-533-5538.