United Supermarkets' Amigos Banner Offers Free Health Fair


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Tue. July 16th, 2013 - by Eric Anderson

<p>Amigos is hosting its fourth semi-annual health fair this summer as part of its commitment to “helping guests shop smarter and eat healthier,” according to a release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“At this year’s health fair, we are providing guests with personal health information and tips on how to improve basic health,” said Robin Hawkins, MS, RD, LD, director of health and wellness for United Supermarkets, LLC.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The event will be held at Amigos locations in Amarillo and Plainview from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 20. Activities are open to the public and free of charge.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Dieticians will host a table to calculate body mass index (BMI), assess body fat percentage and provide education on healthy weights. Also, Pharmacy technicians will be on hand to provide guests blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol checks.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Guests will have the opportunity to meet with a NuVal representative regarding the NuVal Nutritional Scoring System, which helps guests make more nutritious food choices by rating all foods and beverages on a scale of one to 100 based on a variety of nutritional factors. Guests can find the NuVal score in stores on many shelf price tags.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.amigosunited.com/" target="_new">Amigos</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">