Polk residents learn about getting healthy
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Desiree Simon checks her phone messages while swinging a Hula Hoop Saturday at the Building a Healhier Polk health fair at Fort Meade Middle Senior High. Desiree was there with SWAT a high school team that works on keeping other high schoolers from starting to smoke cigarettes. She goes to Winter Haven High.
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Judy Buss talks about cooking healthy meals Saturday at the Building a Heathy Food health fair Saturday at the Fort Meade Middle Senior High.
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Jobie Polesel, 5, of Fort Meade jumps into the air during a Wii canoe river ride at the Building a Healthier Polk Health Clinic last weekend at the Fort Meade Middle Senior High. This activity was part of a three-year grant where Polk seeks to get healthier and lose weight. A second one is planned on March 16 in Munn Park in Lakeland.
There was an obstacle course, laser tag, human hamster balls, Wii games and Hula Hoops to help give Polk County residents ideas in how to get healthier and in better shape Saturday.
Oh, and there were blood pressure checks, dental checks and tables set up to show people where in Polk County a person can get into shape and how to be healthier.
