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As the new year begins, mental health is top of mind for many, and experts say small, consistent habits, like exercise, can make a big difference. In Dallas, a free program is helping people get moving while connecting with local doctors, one step at a time.

When the physician and psychiatrist Leonard Schwartz surveyed his life at middle-age, he was not particularly happy with the state of himself as a physical specimen. Decades of smoking, overwork, and living a sedentary lifestyle had left him with high blood pressure, chronic back pain, and a generally subpar level of energy.