 | | Los Angeles Times Festival of Health to Offer "Something for Every Part of Your Body"
Free Sept. 16-17 event at USC to feature health panels, fitness workshops, cooking/sports demonstrations, interactive activities, on-site health screenings | What:
Second annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Health
When:
Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where:
University of Southern California University Park Campus, Los Angeles
Admission:
Free. On-campus public parking is available for $5.
Media Check-in:
Room B, Commons Building (second floor) Telephone: 213/821-5232 or 213/821-5233 (9/16-17 only)
Highlights:
More than 100 health experts and over 35 panel discussions, workshops
Keynoters:
-- Maureen Reagan, nationally recognized lecturer, political analyst and Alzheimer's health care advocate
-- David Hyde Pierce, Alzheimer's Assn. spokesman and actor best known for his role as Niles Crane on the NBC hit series, "Frasier"
-- Fitness legend Jack LaLanne
Olympic Tribute:
-- Gold Medal swimmers Bruce Furniss, Cathy Ferguson
-- Bronze Medal winners George Stanich (high jump), John Nunn (rowing)
-- Other athletes discussing their Olympic experience
Six stages:
fitness, food/cooking, kids activities, family/cultural entertainment, Doctors of USC, main(keynoters)
Interactive demonstrations:
More than 100 exhibitors
Health Screenings:
-- Free: Asthma, cholesterol, diabetes, blood pressure, bone density, as well as macular degeneration, which can cause blindness; breast examinations; mother and child wellness exams; oral health; prescription evaluations; and pregnancy tests
-- Available for modest fees: Osteoporosis heel screenings and hip and spinal scans
Panels Topics include:
-- Breakthrough medical care/technology
-- Cardiac health care
-- New thinking about memory and aging
-- Women's health issues and midlife transitions
-- Alternative therapies
-- Allergies and asthma
-- Fitness, exercise and diets
-- Vitamins and minerals
-- Best health-related Web sites
Stages:
Fitness – Body sculpting, aerobics, body building, yoga, latest fitness trends, children's karate and gymnastics, t'ai chi ch'uan and capoeira, gyrokinesis (exercise system based on yoga, dance, gymnastics and t'ai chi), "Journal to the Soul" personal growth/motivational workshop
Doctors of USC – Workshops: cancer prevention for women; childhood cancer; colon and skin cancer; retinal and macular degeneration; strokes;live-donor transplants; sports-related back injuries; Type 1 diabetes
Food/Cooking – Award-winning executive chefs and leading authors on: vegetarian cooking, "Healing Foods for Dummies," "How Sweet It Is…Without the Sugar," "The Whole Soy Cookbook," "Cracking the Coconut: Classic Thai Home Cooking"
Kids – KCET "Kids Club" children's characters Kino, Kiki, Leon and Noddy; Native American storytelling; magic and indigenous music shows
Entertainment – Jazz, salsa, alternative rock and West African music; swing, flamenco and tango dancing
Main – Keynoters Maureen Reagan, David Hyde Pierce, Jack LaLanne; Olympic Tribute panel
Interactive:
-- Ski simulator used by USC’s Center for Athletic Medicine will teach the proper techniques that avoid injuries while improve skiing and snowboarding skills
-- Surgical training simulator lets volunteers try their hand at the tools used to train surgeons and medical students for laparoscopic surgery
-- An 85-foot-long Iron Man challenge course featuring tunnel crawls, squeeze plays and obstacle walls
-- Twin Peaks, at 35 feet high, the largest portable rock climbing wall in the country
-- Slap-shot hockey, fastball pitching and grand-slam batting cages
-- Gatorade S.W.E.A.T. Force basketball relays and hoop toss competitions
Web Site:
www.latimes.com/festivalofhealth
Sponsors:
Presenting: USC, Doctors of USC, KTLA 5
Major: Bally’s Total Fitness, California Healthcare Foundation, TheCalifornia Wellness Foundation, HEARx, Natural HealthLink
Media: KIIS-FM, Radio Disney, STAR 98.7 | |