{"id":79045,"date":"2019-06-12T04:56:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T02:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=79045"},"modified":"2019-06-12T04:56:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T02:56:48","slug":"government-supports-be-more-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/06\/12\/government-supports-be-more-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Government supports Be More Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Mphatso Malidadi: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Ministry of Health and Population top official has said the Standard Bank\u2019s Be More Race is playing a role in reducing cases of non-communicable diseases in the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cLack of physical exercises is one modifiable risk factor that Be More Race is helping to address,\u201d<\/em> Director of Clinical Services responsible for Non- Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, Jones Masiye, said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen people get involved in running and jogging, they are addressing this risk factor; hence, reducing the prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer and hypertension.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Standard Bank Head of Marketing and Communications, Thoko Unyolo, said they were thrilled to receive positive feedback on the race.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWhen we started the race in 2017, our main focus was to make notable gains in promoting healthy living among our customers, families and communities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs such, we are delighted that we have made remarkable progress within three years to a point of getting the government\u2019s affirmation. We hope that our contribution to the wellness of the nation would go a long way,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The third edition of the race takes place on Saturday in Lilongwe.<\/p>\n<p>Stakes for this year\u2019s race in both categories have been pegged at K1.7 million and gold medals for the winners, with the second prize pegged at K1 million plus silver medals while those on third place will pocket K600, 000 and a bronze medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mphatso Malidadi: A Ministry of Health and Population top official has said the Standard Bank\u2019s Be More Race is playing a role in reducing cases of non-communicable diseases in the country. \u201cLack of physical exercises is one modifiable risk factor that Be More Race is helping to address,\u201d Director of Clinical Services responsible for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":79048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79049,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79045\/revisions\/79049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}