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Celebrate ?American Heart Month? this February with PCC?s ?Heart Beat?
Date: February 15, 2012
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Event Description
Designated as “American Heart Month” by the American Heart Association, February is a time to celebrate hearts . . . and learn how to gain and maintain heart health.
To support the effort PCC Sylvania is hosting its fourth annual “Heart Beat” health fair on Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Upper Mall of the College Center building (12000 SW 49th Avenue, Portland, 97219).
The fair will feature a variety of activities to be hosted by several of PCC’s allied health departments, including:
- Free blood pressure screenings and information about the connection between oral disease and heart disease by the dental department;
- Images of heart anatomy from the medical imaging department;
- Testing in body mass index; Par Q form; Waist-Hip ratio; a step test; proper equipment usage and CPR demos by the fitness technology department;
- Information about cardiac rehabilitation and how to live with heart disease from the nursing department;
- The latest information about healthy and not-so-healthy fats and the caffeine content of energy drinks from the nutrition department;
- Handouts about childhood obesity and tips to encourage healthy eating habits among children, from early education family studies and the child development center; and
- Heart healthy tips for “baby boomers,” led by the gerontology department.
