Abstract

In order to build Shilin into a healthy city, the Chong-De Culture & Education Foundation incorporated 24 courses on offer at the Shilin Community College, Taipei City, such as “Dance Vitality”, to organize the “Body Respiration in Vibrant Shilin, Neighborly LOHAS for Experience of the Heart” event promoting exercise-based weight loss and healthy city. Jointly participated by many private organizations, scholars and experts, including community residents, Shilin Health Center, Shilin Community College, Shilin Health Promotion Association, Professor Chien-ho Chen of the Graduate Institute of Tourism and Health Science, National Taipei College of Nursing, Professor Yu-kai Chang of the Graduate Institute of Coaching Science, National Taiwan Sport University, Dietitian Tzu-wen Hsia of Shin Kong Wu-Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, and Coach Han-yu You of Shilin Sports Center, the event resulted in a total weight loss of 135.2kg in 5 weeks. Results of the participant questionnaire revealed that citizens who joined the social group were highly satisfied and that there was also a significant improvement in exercise-based weight loss with respect to the social function of group participation.

Date: November 17, Thursday, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Host & Venue : Shilin Assembly Center, Taipei City
Event is open to public.
Activity Information (Link):
The Shilin Health Promotion Association, the Shilin District Office, and the Shilin District Health Center are jointly hosting the 2011 Exhibition of Dynamic and Vibrant City of Shilin held at Shilin Assembly Center of Taipei City on November 17, Thursday, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
The event exhibits the poster design entries of the various medical teams, community development associations, and community colleges of Shilin, the safe school body of the Shidong Elementary School, and the Zhishan LOHAS. Other event activities include booth fun contests (complimentary gift redemption), a violin concert, and other arts and cultural performances. We are extending our most cordial invitation to all members of the community.
The Taipei Shilin Healthy City of 2007 is now on its 4th year of official membership in the WHO Alliance for Healthy Cities. Shilin has continued to build a healthy city network founded on health and vitality, ecology and leisure recreation, social welfare and safety, and education and culture; the sectors have jointly organized a number of international cultural festivals, community leisure recreation and sports events, mountain hiking activities, CPR seminars for borough and neighborhood heads, “5 a Day” campaign and exercise program seminars, etc. This year, we have promoted the construction of the Huangxi walking trail, arranged for ecological tours and programs, and promoted safe homes and safe schools in the hope of enhancing the amenities of Shilin District and forging a healthy city sporting elegance, innovation, hope, safety and bliss.
In this annual healthy and sustainable city lifestyle exhibition, we hope to bring to the awareness of the general public the accomplishments that our efforts in promoting and realizing the Shilin healthy city project. In the future, we look forward to building up the seven major living circles of Shilin under the healthy city model; namely, the international village of Tianmu, the reconstructed island of Shezi, the improvement and development of the Shilin tourist night market peripheral zone, the Yangmingshan tourism industry, the Zhishanyan scenery and ecology, and the Shilin cultural relic sites. We hope to further promote community resources and foster social interaction and mutual support among community residents in the hope of awakening a sense of identity among the community residents. We also hope to motivate community resident interest and participation in healthy city work and in building an elegant and healthy lifestyle and environment for the district of Shilin, consequently, upgrading the quality of life in the homes and building a future of fine living.

The Taipei City Department of Health launched a major health campaign this year; that is, the “101 City-wide Weight Loss Drive for Healthier Citizens”. The campaign calls for a massive city-wide participation. Participants registering before July 31 are eligible for the grand raffle draw of the program. Interested parties may contact the Health Department through http://101.health.gov.tw/

The Shilin Healthy City Seminar on Inter-agency Resource Integration and Index Discussion of Experts and Scholars held on June 24 was a successful event attended by 50 representatives from 22 agencies. The organizers thank the various city sectors for their participation and contributions to the discussions held on healthy city related issues and for the amendment of healthy city indexes. Pertinent index amendment shall be further deliberated and ratified in a later date for announcement.

Press the link to the community learning network of Taipei City and build a learning city. Taipei has especially constructed a Taipei Learning City Network website platform to compile the wealth of lifelong learning resources offered in the city. For further information, please contact: http://www.LCT.tp.edu.tw.

Specifications: The Taiwan Alliance of Healthy Cities organized the Taiwan Health City Award for the purpose of urging local city or county governments to take aggressive actions in integrating related city or county resources, such as government agencies, experts and scholars, civic organizations, community organizations, and local residents, and to combine efforts for the establishment of a finer quality healthy city and the enhancement of the capacities of localities in planning and building healthy cities. The program aims to foster the sustained promotion of the healthy city campaign and development of mutual encouragement and intercity exchanges between localities.

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