The Korean Heart Association will hold a Heart Day Walking Contest on the 27th...The First Step in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Sep 17, 2025
The Korean Heart Association (Chairman Kang Seok-min) announced that it will hold a 'Heart Day Walking Contest' at the Olympic Park Picnic Center in Songpa-gu, Seoul on September 27 to promote the importance of heart health during the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Management Week (9.1-9.7) and World Heart Day (9.29).
The event was designed to provide citizens with the opportunity to practice the first steps to prevent cardiovascular disease and experience and feel the importance of heart health through a movement called walking, which is easy to practice in life. Anyone can participate in this year's walking competition through on-site registration on the same day without prior registration.
The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with on-site registration and booth operation, and the walk competition will begin at 10:30 a.m. after the opening ceremony, greetings from Kang Seok-min, chairman of the Korean Heart Association, warm-up exercises with researchers from Yonsei University's motor medicine and rehabilitation laboratory, and group photos. The walking course consists of a 3-kilometer general course (about 40-50 minutes) around the Olympic Park picnic area and a 1.5-kilometer consideration course for stroller users and the elderly (about 30 minutes).
Various experience booths will be set up throughout the venue to improve cardiovascular disease awareness. ▲ Blood pressure and blood sugar check, in-body and abdominal obesity measurement ▲ Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training ▲ Specialist counseling and experience programs such as physical strength and vascular age measurement are provided free of charge. In particular, the Korean Society of Hypertension, the Korean Arrhythmia Society, the Korean Academy of Pediatric Cardiology, the Korean Society of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, the Korean Society of Cardiovascular Intervention, the Korean Society of Cardiovascular Intervention, the Korean Society of Cardiovascular Metabolic Syndrome, and the Korean Society of Echocardiography will participate in a large number of programs to enhance the professionalism of each society.
Kang Seok-min (Cardiology at Severance Hospital), chairman of the Korean Heart Association, said, `Cardiovascular disease is a fatal disease that has a higher acute risk than other diseases, and is the second leading cause of death in Korea, but many people often neglect symptoms without knowing them exactly.'"This year's walking competition was designed to practice the importance of heart health in life through cooperation between societies and civic participation." I hope you take the first step toward prevention together through the easiest way of walking."
In the second half of the event, performances and prize draws by the Korea Shuffle Dance Association will be held to add to the joy of the participants. As the first prize, there are LG object vacuum cleaners, Dyson Airwrap, Folio massager, and omron blood pressure meter.
The event was designed to provide citizens with the opportunity to practice the first steps to prevent cardiovascular disease and experience and feel the importance of heart health through a movement called walking, which is easy to practice in life. Anyone can participate in this year's walking competition through on-site registration on the same day without prior registration.
The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with on-site registration and booth operation, and the walk competition will begin at 10:30 a.m. after the opening ceremony, greetings from Kang Seok-min, chairman of the Korean Heart Association, warm-up exercises with researchers from Yonsei University's motor medicine and rehabilitation laboratory, and group photos. The walking course consists of a 3-kilometer general course (about 40-50 minutes) around the Olympic Park picnic area and a 1.5-kilometer consideration course for stroller users and the elderly (about 30 minutes).
Various experience booths will be set up throughout the venue to improve cardiovascular disease awareness. ▲ Blood pressure and blood sugar check, in-body and abdominal obesity measurement ▲ Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training ▲ Specialist counseling and experience programs such as physical strength and vascular age measurement are provided free of charge. In particular, the Korean Society of Hypertension, the Korean Arrhythmia Society, the Korean Academy of Pediatric Cardiology, the Korean Society of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, the Korean Society of Cardiovascular Intervention, the Korean Society of Cardiovascular Intervention, the Korean Society of Cardiovascular Metabolic Syndrome, and the Korean Society of Echocardiography will participate in a large number of programs to enhance the professionalism of each society.
Kang Seok-min (Cardiology at Severance Hospital), chairman of the Korean Heart Association, said, `Cardiovascular disease is a fatal disease that has a higher acute risk than other diseases, and is the second leading cause of death in Korea, but many people often neglect symptoms without knowing them exactly.'"This year's walking competition was designed to practice the importance of heart health in life through cooperation between societies and civic participation." I hope you take the first step toward prevention together through the easiest way of walking."
In the second half of the event, performances and prize draws by the Korea Shuffle Dance Association will be held to add to the joy of the participants. As the first prize, there are LG object vacuum cleaners, Dyson Airwrap, Folio massager, and omron blood pressure meter.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
