One of the more commonly known aspects to keeping in optimal health is managing appropriate levels of cholesterol. The name is plastered on health-conscious food items, television commercials and mentioned in any comprehensive health-care plan, but it’s important to understand why it matters and the function it serves.

Years later, Blount gave his life to Christ. “The Lord told me, ‘I sent you to Atlanta to set you among the pharaohs of fitness so you would have a knowledge way beyond many people, and I could bring you back to Louisiana to set my people free,’” he said.

The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability is focused on examining health disparities among adults with disabilities and is trying to help them achieve health benefits through increased participation in physical and social activities.