FREE Heart Health Screenings at Sister to Sister National Women's Heart Day Health Fair February 8, 2008

From Event details at VisitDallas.com!:Heart disease is the leading killer of American women, claiming more lives than the next six causes of death combined. However, only 46% of women know this critical fact and only 13% consider it their greatest potential health threat. The good news is that in most cases, heart disease can be prevented by making simple lifestyle changes.

Ladies, love your heart by coming out to the fourth annual Sister to Sister National Womens Heart Health Fair at the Dallas Convention Center on Saturday, February 9, from 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Take advantage of FREE 15-minute heart health screenings with on-the-spot results and one-on-one counseling with a licensed professional (comprehensive screenings include cholesterol and triglycerides, blood glucose levels, blood pressure, Body Mass Index, waist circumference, and review of family health history). PLEASE NOTE: HEART SCREENINGS ARE FOR WOMEN AGES 21 AND UP (the first 1,500 people will be screened).

There will also be lots of fun activities for the entire family! Enjoy ongoing healthy cooking and fitness demonstrations and stress management seminars with interactive exhibits and counseling. Browse the various exhibitor booths, and register for prizes and giveaways. Catch up on the latest medical developments at educational seminars led by local experts, and hear amazing testimonials from local heart disease survivors (see schedule below).

Its never too early to start loving your heart! In fact, because of obesity, stress, lack of exercise and fatty diets, women are now getting heart disease much earlier in life. Come learn about heart disease and how to prevent it it might just save your life!

The National Womens Heart Health Fair is sponsored by the Sister to Sister Foundation, a 501(c)(3) foundation dedicated to bringing free heart disease screenings and heart-health information to women to prevent heart disease. Operating in 17 major cities in 2008, Sister to Sister is the only national organization whose focus is screening women for heart disease, the number one killer of women.

SCHEDULE:

The BIG WALK: Will begin at 1 p.m.
EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS: 10 and 11 a.m. and noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. plus a sharing of personal testimonials at 3 p.m.
COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS: 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.
FITNESS DEMONSTRATIONS: 10:45, 11:15 and 11:45 a.m. and 12:15, 1:45 and 2:30 p.m.
FITNESS THROUGH DANCE DEMONSTRATIONS: 10:45 and 11:30 a.m. and 12:15, 1:15, 2 and 2:45 p.m.
STRESS PRESENTATIONS: 10:30, 11 and 11:30 a.m. and noon, 12:30, 1, 1:30 and 2 p.m.
UNIVISION STAGE: Spanish-language presentations will be held throughout the day


For more information about the Heart Health Fair and the National Womens Healthy Heart Campaign, go to www.sistertosister.org.
From Event details at pegasusnews.com!:
When: Saturday, Feb. 9, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: The Dallas Convention Center, 650 South Griffin Street, Dallas
Cost: Free
Age limit: All ages
Categories:

• Health and Fitness
• Womens Issues

Description
The fourth annual Sister to Sister National Women&128;&153;s Heart Health Fair will be Saturday, February 9 at the Dallas Convention Center, offering free 15-minute heart health screenings for the first 1,500 people 21 and older, with on-the-spot results and one-on-one counseling.

SCHEDULE:
• 1pm The Big Walk
• Educational seminars on the hour from 10am to 3pm
• Hourly cooking demonstrations on the half-hour from 11:30am to 2:30pm
• Fitness demonstrations every half-hour from 10:45am to12:15pm and at 1:45 and 2:30pm
• Fitness through dance demonstrations at 10:45 and 11:30am and 12:15, 1:15, 2 and 2:45pm
• Stress presentations at 10:30, 11 and 11:30 am, 12noon, and 12:30, 1, 1:30 and 2 pm
• Univision stage Spanish-language presentations will be held throughout the day

Some nearby drink specials on Feb. 9th

• Newports: 5 pm - 7 pm: $2 off wine, $3 beer, $3.50 cocktails
• Sonny Bryans Smokehouse (Dallas / West End): 4 pm - 7 pm: $2 drafts and $2.50 wine
• Hooters (Dallas): 3 pm - 5 pm: $2 pints / buy 10 wings get 10 wings free / 7 pm - 11 pm: $1.99 drafts
• Spiatza Pizza & Pasta Company: 11 am - 7 pm: $2.25 beers
• TePheJez: 5 pm - 9 pm: changes weekly

Some nearby restaurants

• Ferris Plaza Restaurant
• Founders Grill
• Eighteen-O-One
• Taco del Mar (Dallas)
• Cafe Ravenna

Some nearby events on Feb. 9th

• Mo Robson Band, Adairs Saloon, 9 p.m.
• Chinese New Year Celebration: Year of the Rat, The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, noon to 5 p.m.
• Lecture: Abstract Art as an Expression of a Scientific Worldview, Nasher Sculpture Center, 1 p.m.
• Markus Schultz, Lizard Lounge, 9 p.m.
• DJ Michael Bausone, Absinthe Lounge, 9 p.m.

Event posted Jan. 18, 2008
Last updated Jan. 22, 2008

Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of tmayad.