Health and Wellbeing Queensland
By 10,000 Steps Team | 9 Sep 2024
Health and Wellbeing Queensland (HWQld) is the state’s prevention agency, committed to creating a healthier and fairer future for Queensland.
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By 10,000 Steps Team | 9 Sep 2024
Health and Wellbeing Queensland (HWQld) is the state’s prevention agency, committed to creating a healthier and fairer future for Queensland.
By 10,000 Steps Team | 15 May 2024
10,000 Steps member Arthur shares his achievements across 17 years of using the program.
By 10,000 Steps Team | 29 Feb 2024
10,000 Steps shines the spotlight on longtime member Kerin Szemes.
“ In September 2019 I looked at a picture of my beautiful daughter's wedding and was shocked at what I looked like. I wore size 44 pants and XXXXL shirt size, weighed 115kg and had four chins. At that moment I … ”
David K
Queensland, 6 Jan 2022
By 10,000 Steps Team | 13 Sep 2021
Queensland Walks is a community based membership organisation who are the peak body representing walking for all Queenslanders.
“ I joined a team to do a 200,000,000 step tournament at first I found it difficult to do 10,000 steps in 1 day as to went on I added 2,000 steps per day now coming close to the end I … ”
Anonymous
Queensland, 7 Sep 2021
“ The older I get the more my body tells me to slow down - my doctor said if you don't you use it you will lose it - referring in particular to knee pain. So I joined 10,000 Steps. I … ”
Anne W
Queensland, 8 Feb 2021
“ I was already very active, however this has made it more fun. I have competitions with my mother who is also a member of 10,000 Steps. The biggest surprise with all this activity was that I won a prize for … ”
Kerry G
Queensland, 10 Jan 2019
By 10,000 Steps Team | 24 Mar 2016
Creating a healthier workplace has a positive impact on business as well as employees' health. Improving employee physical activity levels through 10,000 Steps is a great way to address workplace health and wellbeing.
“ My 10,000 Steps Story is really a story about taking one step at a time. My first step found me facing up to the fact that my job and lifestyle is embarrassingly and unhealthily sedentary! My second step was realising … ”
Anonymous
Queensland, 3 Mar 2016
“ I have been a member of 10,000 Steps since 2008, on and off. In 2010 I snapped my right Achilles twice in the same year and then had to start a rehab program to learn to walk again. At 103.5kg … ”
Anonymous
Queensland, 4 Apr 2012
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