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Suggests establishing the tradition of taking family walks before Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.

Discusses the benefits of foot spas and hydrotherapy.

Suggests products for winter exercise, including clothing, footwear and exercise videos.

Discusses the WalkSport Mall Walking Program which allows people to exercise together by walking in a mall.

Offers advice on how to avoid allergens while walking outdoors.

Discusses the benefits of periodically changing an exercise program to challenge muscles and maintain interest.

Presents advice for rehabilitating a sprained ankle.

Presents information on fitness walking, which may burn more calories than jogging, and how walking can help burn an extra ten pounds per year.

Focuses on the benefits of exercise for people with diabetes.

Discusses how to choose an ideal walking program, many short walks or one long walk, and the benefits of each.

Gives an account of the author on seeing a couple walking after meals during the summer when she was young, and how she has adopted this practice as well.

Presents walking activities that a family can enjoy together.

Presents the experience of George Coman, who has diabetes, and how walking helped him so that he could stop taking medication.

Suggests that using different breathing patterns can influence your mood while walking.

Describes a chest expander exercise, including the muscles it targets and its health benefits.

Offers tips on how to lace athletic shoes so they will not hurt the top of the foot when there is the problem of a narrow heel, low or high arch, or wide foot.

Describes Zell am Ziller, Austria, the location of `Prevention' magazine's first international walking trip in June 1999. Experience of a snow shower in the summer; Activities of the walkers; Contact point for future trips.

Offers news items for walkers. The 1995 Walker's Rally; The American Volkssport Association's booklet listing 720 walking and biking routes in the United States; Neighborhood Walk Days, sponsored by the Coalition for Alternative Transportation in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Comments on the designation of the first week of May as National Walking Week. Requests readers to contact their congressman to support National Walking Week; The official vote needed for three years before it becomes a permanet fixture on the national calendar; Bill numbers; Who to write; What to include.

Discusses the author's routine of walking every morning carrying her cats. How long she has been exercising with her pets; Details of her routine.

Highlights events from the `Prevention' Walks America trip to the Ozark National Forest in May 1990. Exploring Ozark caverns and culture; Reserving future walks.