|
For Immediate Release
Elementary School Makes Open House a Healthy Affair
Edmond —
Besides showing off schoolwork, Washington
Irving Elementary students will have an opportunity to talk with
physicians, score their body mass index and check on their parents’
blood pressure at the school’s open house.
Mercy Health Center and Edmond’s Washington Irving
are teaming up Thursday, February 7, to host an open house alongside a
health fair. Parents and students will get a chance to ask Mercy
physicians about any health concerns with four Mercy Health Network
physicians on hand.
“Being that our state leads the nation in some of
the most unhealthy habits, it’s critical that we teach our children at a
very early age how they can impact their own lives by making healthy
choices,” said Stuart Schrader, D.O., internal medicine and pediatric
physician at Mercy Health Northwest Family clinic. “That’s why
partnerships like these are invaluable to our youth.”
Dr. Schrader, along with Mercy Northwest Family’s
Jeanie Klabzuba, D.O., family medicine physician, and Mercy Health
Edmond Santa Fe clinic’s Jesse Campbell, M.D., internal medicine and
pediatrics, and Kimberly Edgmon, M.D., pediatrician, will give students
tips on how to eat right, exercise and lead healthier and happier lives.
“This gives families an opportunity to take a good
look at their health and where it’s headed and to make the necessary
changes sooner rather than later,” said Dr. Edgmon. “We will look at the
body mass index scores of the children and the blood pressure numbers of
the parents and then talk with them about those numbers, explaining what
they mean and what they can do going forward.”
Open house and health fair will be held at
Washington Irving, 18101 N. Western, from 6 to 8 p.m. For more
information, contact Washington Irving’s Christine Lugafet or Shana
Classen at (405) 715-5951.
Press release dated: January 30, 2008
|
