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Ordot Fitness Fiesta Offers Free Health-Screening Services |
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Guam residents encouraged to prevent and control chronic diseases
June 26, 2009
Free health-screening services will be available at the Ordot Fitness Fiesta from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, at the San Juan Bautista Parish Prayer Garden Grounds in Ordot immediately following the parish procession and during the I Taotao Tumanu celebration. This event is a collaborative effort among Lieutenant Governor Michael W. Cruz’s Healthy Guam Initiative, the Ordot Mayor’s Office, San Juan Bautista Parish and the Department of Public Health & Social Services.
Lieutenant Governor Cruz will attend the event. “I encourage all residents to take advantage of these free screenings as a way to prevent serious and common health complications,” said Lt. Gov. Cruz. “The first step to a healthy community is taking the initiative to be in control of your own personal health.”
Guam residents will be able to screen their weight, body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar. Cholesterol and blood sugar screenings will be available while cholesterol and glucose strips last. DPHSS nurses will also be available to provide health counseling. These services are being offered in order to promote the prevention and control of chronic diseases, particularly heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
The Healthy Guam Initiative Fitness Fiesta, funded by the Preventative Health and Health Services Block Grant, is in its third year of operation. |
