Ready up ... protect your health
ON SATURDAY, the curtains came down on the highly anticipated annual NCB Insurance ProCare Men’s Health Week. The week ended with hundreds of men, women and children participating in a fun-filled Family Day Festival that featured invaluable information, healthy diet options and free check-ups for the entire family at Devon House.
The three-day initiative, themed ‘Ready Up ... Protect Your Health’, though focused on men, culminated in an exciting event that the entire family could enjoy free of cost. It was born out of a need to disrupt a worrying trend of rejection of formal health intervention by men, and the final day did just that.
Amid the fun, games and education was delectable food and training by Jason Delvaille. The aroma from Delvaille’s live-cooking segment drew attendees like the Pied Piper. From there the team whipped up veggie burgers, tuna and turkey wraps, baked wedges, veggie sub sandwiches, grilled chicken and fish; curried chicken pita with avocado; garden pasta salad, using wholewheat pasta; chicken and brown rice stir-fry; plus lentil soup with garden vegetables.
The throngs gathered after the show to sample the various offerings and thoroughly enjoyed the healthy meal options. “We received great reviews from all who tasted the food. Persons are realising that healthy can be delicious, and it doesn’t have to be too expensive, either,” Delvaille explained.
While they learnt, attendees also visited the numerous tents lining the front lawns, taking advantage of free health checks offered by the Jamaica Diabetes Association, The Heart Foundation of Jamaica, and Jamaica Cancer Society.