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As part of its mission to promote healthy fitness and nutrition lifestyle choices and help the population of Qatar proactively address the increasing rise of non-communicable diseases, Aspire Active, Aspire Academy's community program presented 'Spin towards a healthier lifestyle' in celebration of World Health Day 2012.

The two hours of open air spinning and cardiovascular challenges were held under the professional supervision and coaching of the Aspire Active team with the aim of educating participants on the importance of regular exercise to imporve health and well-being.

Different age groups and nationalities became part of the program on the open air stage positioned between the Aspire Academy and Hamad Aquatic Centre which led Dr. Leonieke Richardson, Head of Aspire Active said to comment "the 'Ageing and Health: Good Health adds Life to Years' campaign is a worldwide call recognising that we have a choice to embrace health.

"Aspire Active wants to declare with our partners here in Qatar that millions over the world can choose a healthy future. Our Aspire Active community programming is a tool providing actions and solutions for individuals to step in this direction.

"Aspire Active's fitness and healthy lifestyle programs are uniquely designed for the people of Qatar. We aim to start at the beginning by educating our clients that healthy lifestyle continues at home. It does not start by walking into a fitness club and end once exiting. We teach our clients how to live outside our four walls and how they can choose healthy alternatives.

"Aspire Active champions preventive fitness and health exercise offerings, in a quest to tackle the growing epidemic of non-communicable diseases such as obesity, hypertension and diabetes in Qatar. Aspire Active is proud to have reached an attendance figure of over 250,000 in 2011 with an ever increasing participation base from its Qatari members."

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