Park University will hold its free annual Health Fair in the Mabee underground from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26.
The Health fair is organized by nursing students along with the participation of athletic training and the department of social work. Some of the Parkville venders will include CVS and Parkville Nutrition.
Topics that will be discussed are from Healthy People 2020 and they will include food safety, sleep disorders and substance abuse. Other services and activities will be provided such as blood pressure screenings.
The new healthcare (Affordable Care Act) information will be provided for the students so they can learn and be educated about the law.
The Athletic Training Department will promote good posture and how improvements in posture can be made as well as changing student habits, according to Tom Bertoncino, director of athletic training and associate professor. Pooor posture can lead to a herniated disk, muscle spasms and osteoporosis.
Changing habits may include if you have a job where you sit at a desk you should get up and walk around or if you have a computer at your deck make sure the computer screen is at eye level.
Even though she doesn’t have a gym membership, student Bailie Berner, who is a legal studies and political science major, has a personal gym consisting of a treadmill and hand weights.
Berners said she moderately watches what she eats, sees a doctor once a year and runs every other week.
“(I do it for) stress release from school, work and life,” said Berner.
Playing sports since age 5 and working out his whole life, Gerald Miller, a fitness and wellness major, said he works out every day for an hour. The workout consists of running and weights and does it for health and staying fit.
Lisa Sneed, associate professor and nurse, who will also be advising the health fair, said she wants the students to have the tools to start a healthy lifestyle when they leave.
“I want them to feel they have new tools to be successful and to incorporate a healthy behavior for the rest of their lives,” she said.
