{"id":15762,"date":"2024-09-27T07:24:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T06:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/?p=15762"},"modified":"2024-09-27T07:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T06:37:33","slug":"walking-toward-wellness-how-chengdus-citywalk-is-transforming-public-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/walking-toward-wellness-how-chengdus-citywalk-is-transforming-public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Toward Wellness: How Chengdu\u2019s Citywalk is Transforming Public Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Approximately 850 million people worldwide are struggling with kidney disease, but one man in Chengdu, China believes he has found the answer\u2014go out for a Citywalk.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kui Gao\u2019s first panic attack came from out of nowhere. As a young man, he\u2019d been struggling with uremia and had even lost hope in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initial diagnosis was a shock, and the reality of living with a chronic illness soon set in, bringing with it a wave of anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a university physical education class, he suddenly fainted and was taken to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with uremia. This diagnosis suddenly cast a shadow over his youthful and vibrant life. “I felt like my whole world had come crashing down,” he says. “The future seemed so uncertain, and I was terrified.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt first, I was almost reluctant to leave my house and could only walk slowly on a treadmill at home,\u201d Kui Gao says. \u201cAt that time, I felt very confined and bored, and my life seemed to be trapped in a small space.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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