Road to Health

HealthThe Road to Health Expo was a two-day multi-city health and fitness expo, symposium, and seminars, in 2006 and 2007. It presented interactive health, wellness and fitness pavilions on cooking and nutrition, fitness, beauty and wellness combined with information packed seminars, medical screenings and referrals, live symposium discussion, celebrity guests, walk-a-thon, indoor and outdoor exercise activities, contests, and literature.

Highlights included:

  • Expo floor filled with cutting edge health services and products
  • Free health screenings, including blood pressure, blood sugar/glucose, bone density, cholesterol, lung function, kidney disease STD, dental & eye exams
  • Sessions on a wide range of health issues from diabetes, asthma, and heart disease to weight loss and nutrition
  • Public Health Symposium on Childhood Obesity
  • Cooking, Dance, Exercise, Senior, Women, and Beauty & Wellness Pavilions
  • Youth Health Day

For more information, go to www.roadtohealthtour.com

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