The Heart Foundation's MyMarathon challenge has been taken up by members of the cardiology services team at the Launceston General Hospital to "walk the talk" and encourage members of the community to look after their hearts.
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The challenge encourages people to run, jog, or walk 42.2 kilometres during October to promote heart health and to raise funds for heart disease research.
Julia Goldsmith, a nurse at the cardiology services unit, said the 12-member team thought it would be a great way to show people how easy it can be to achieve the recommended 30 minutes of exercise per day.
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"We are out there pounding the pavement and just supporting the community to do the same, and showing just how easy it is done," she said.
"We want to encourage people to look after themselves and their heart and give themselves a shot at a long and healthy life."
Ms Goldsmith said there are other lifestyle choices apart from exercise people can make to help their heart health and reduce the risk of being one of the people they see in hospital for heart disease.
"Things like smoking... are such a strong risk factor now," she said.
Director of Active Living Trevor Shilton said the MyMarathon event ticks two boxes.
"One its a great way to get engage people, get people moving, motivational, then as a bonus it has the benefit of [raising funds]," he said.
Mr Shilton said Australians think of themselves as an active nation but unfortunately statistics do not support that that is the case.
"We have an inactivity problem," he said. "Not enough Australians and not enough Tasmanians are active."
However, it's not all bad news. Mr Shilton said if an adult does meet physical activity guidelines, they could reduce their risk of heart disease by 35 per cent.
A new report from The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found the majority of Australians of all ages are not meeting the minimum level of requirements for physical activity.
The report also found Australians were exceeding the recommended limits on sedentary behaviour.
More from the report can be found here.