The newly formed Santee Health Network (SHN) is having its first annual health fair in the Fresh and Easy parking lot on October 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m to promote health awareness in town.
Local health care providers, chiropractors, personal trainers, physical therapists, optometrists and many more health professionals will be on hand to help Santee stay healthier with information, advice and goodies.
SHN is a group of health and wellness related businesses and entities that have joined together to "help the public help themselves."
They are looking for more local health related businesses to host booths or demonstrations at the health fair. There is NO COST to host a booth.
If you are interested in joining the group or having a FREE booth at the health fair, contact SHN here or email santeewellness@yahoo.com.
Santee Health Data (from the SHN website)
In the last county survey, residents of Santee had the following:
- Poor diet 32%
- Physically inactive 28%
- Chronic disease 25%
- Overweight or obese 63%
Santee Was:
- 21.6% higher than county in heart disease
- 11.6% higher in strokes
- 17.2% higher in pulmonary disease
- 7.8 % higher in arthritis
