Did you know that next Wednesday, November 4, is Start! Eating Healthy Day?

It's a time to pay a little extra attention to food choices and make any dietary changes appropriate to form heart-healthy eating habits.

Designed as a workplace-based walking program, Start! encourages companies to urge their employees to walk during the business day. Start! Eating Healthy Day adds another dimension to the initiative.In a nation where being overweight or obese has reached an epidemic level, it's necessary to start somewhere to improve cardiovascular health.

Start! Eating Healthy Day is a good beginning. Here's a Start! Eating Healthy Day Resource Kit for you to download.

Want to take your new healthy eating habits into the holiday season? Check out this special holiday guide!

Start! is sponsored nationally by Subway, Healthy Choice and AstraZeneca.