It is often said that it is prudent to build wellness rather than treat a disease, which comes at a huge cost.

Concerning the above, the Senior Correctional Centre (SCC), a juvenile prison facility in Accra that plays a staunch role in the reformation, rehabilitation and safe custody of young offenders who have gone foul of the laws weekly organises aerobic activities.

The weekly aerobics activities are to boost healthy lifestyles among inmates and correctional officers at the facility.

Organised under the auspices of the Officer in Charge (OIC) at the facility, Deputy Director of Prisons, DDP Millicent Owusu, and powered by the Sports department, the weekly aerobics was to ensure that both officers and inmates were engaged in physical training activities that would help them keep fit all the time.

She gave a clarion call on officers to continue engaging themselves in aerobic activities held at the station because it is a yardstick for promoting healthy living and fighting lifestyle diseases.

DDP Owusu again made an ardent call that, regardless of one’s professional endeavour, it is important to constantly exercise.

That she underscored, was an ultimatum for doing away with some lifestyle diseases including hypertension, diabetes, and cancers among others.

In an interview with the Sports OIC at SCC, Superintendent Victoria Adu Amoah, indicated that organising aerobics, sporting activities and other physical training disciplines at the station was to create an enabling environment for officers to discharge their duties with renewed energy.

Using her entrenched position as the Sports OIC, she reiterated her commitment to continually engage officers in regular fun thrilling aerobic activities to promote healthy lifestyles.

Supt. Adu Amoah was optimistic that, if all individuals adhere to healthy lifestyle practices, which include drinking enough water, eating fruits and vegetables and eschewing bad lifestyles, there would be a healthy population with few conditions regarding lifestyle diseases.

By ASP Alfred Nii Arday Ankrah.