Free Public Health Screening Scheduled in Mayfield

WHO:                         Healthy Delta, a program of the Delta Regional Authority

                                    Wal-Mart

WHAT:                      FREE public health screenings (body composition, total cholesterol, glucose level and blood pressure checks as well as a complete health analysis)

WHEN:                      Saturday, February 16

                                    7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

WHERE:                   Wal-Mart Supercenter

1225 Paris Road

Mayfield, KY

BACKGROUND:     The Delta Regional Authority (www.dra.gov) is a federal-state partnership serving 240 counties and parishes in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.

The Mayfield health screening is one in a series of Hometown Health Fairs taking place in eight states across the Delta region over the next several months.  The health screenings are part of the DRA’s Healthy Delta initiative, which promotes diabetes awareness and prevention across the Delta region.

For more information about the Mayfield fair or the DRA, access www.healthydelta.com or call (866) 602-3300.