Malis­sa Lara

Health Min­is­ter Therese Bap­tiste-Cor­nelis yes­ter­day en­cour­aged the na­tion to adopt healthy lifestyles. Bap­tiste-Cor­nelis spoke to par­tic­i­pants of the Caribbean Well­ness Day 5k Walk/Run at the Queen's Park Sa­van­nah, op­po­site Memo­r­i­al Park. The area was trans­formed in­to a health fair with white tents lin­ing parts of the grassy area. Un­der the tents peo­ple got the op­por­tu­ni­ty to test their blood sug­ar, cho­les­terol and blood pres­sure.

Al­so, there were booths which por­trayed healthy eat­ing habits, let­ting passers-by know what should be on their plates. Peo­ple al­so got sam­ples of yo­gurt, ce­re­al and drinks to ap­pease their ap­petites. It was a day that en­com­passed all as­pects of healthy liv­ing and an aer­o­bic warm-up took place just be­fore the walk/run.

Af­ter the trek around the Sa­van­nah and a bot­tle of wa­ter every­one en­joyed the night's en­ter­tain­ment. The Min­is­ter who hap­pi­ly en­cour­aged par­tic­i­pants just be­fore the race, ran out of their way just as the race start­ed. She was right on spot to be­stow the win­ner of the race, Li­onel Dan­drad with a medal. She al­so wait­ed for many oth­ers to cross the fin­ish line. Bap­tiste-Cor­nelis thanked par­tic­i­pants for show­ing their sup­port.