Attending the 2016 Health and Wellness Fair in Perris California was truly enlightening and I walked away with much information. When I arrived at the fair, we got to meet professionals in their field of health and see quite a few informational booths with interesting concepts and resources to help the community. Some were very creative and well done. One of them was West Coast University who had this little x-ray booth, where you could grab a stuffed bear, name it, and take the bear to get x rayed. They stated that they wanted to show kids that it wasn’t scary to go get an x-ray, and to not be afraid of the doctors. I thought that this was quite a brilliant idea. Another booth called herbalife offered drinks, which would help with getting proper nutrients into your body as well as helping those who were overweight. It was pretty interesting, as they had different types of flavors for people to enjoy.
When visiting each of the booths, I noticed that they were mostly things like medical coverage, bringing programs to the communities, awareness, and things like that. It was interesting to …show more content…
His name was Dr. Agas, from Mission Pediatrics. I asked Dr. Agas what was the number one issue amongst children. His answer surprised me, which was Obesity first, then followed by Diabetes, Both very bad for someone's health, especially for children. Kids eat lots of junk food, along with spicy foods like spicy Cheetos, Which helps increase obesity. This problem has begun with the parents and they need to take this issue very seriously. The bad eating habits usually begin with these kids, starting as young as 2 years old. The poor eating habits and the obesity rate of children has shown a huge increase in diabetes, which is very bad. It has gotten to the point that teens will already have full-grown diabetes. These kids will have bmi 95%, which is very
When visiting each of the booths, I noticed that they were mostly things like medical coverage, bringing programs to the communities, awareness, and things like that. It was interesting to …show more content…
His name was Dr. Agas, from Mission Pediatrics. I asked Dr. Agas what was the number one issue amongst children. His answer surprised me, which was Obesity first, then followed by Diabetes, Both very bad for someone's health, especially for children. Kids eat lots of junk food, along with spicy foods like spicy Cheetos, Which helps increase obesity. This problem has begun with the parents and they need to take this issue very seriously. The bad eating habits usually begin with these kids, starting as young as 2 years old. The poor eating habits and the obesity rate of children has shown a huge increase in diabetes, which is very bad. It has gotten to the point that teens will already have full-grown diabetes. These kids will have bmi 95%, which is very