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Free Health Checks at Loughborough Library

Posted on 07/08/2008

Loughborough Library

 

A qualified fitness instructor from the Active Together Team will be conducting the free health checksat Loughborough Library on Granby Street. The health checks include measuring body fat percentage, weight, blood pressure, body composition, metabolic rate, muscle mass and total body water percentage. This will help let you know how well, or perhaps not, you are doing. Blood pressure checks are especially important as high blood pressure can cause complications but has no symptoms.

To take advantage of this unique offer go along to Loughborough Library on 13th August between 10am and 4pm.

Tony Kershaw, Chairman of the County Council, said:

"It is important to have a health check and a great idea to be able to have one locally in your community at the library. Events like this one clearly show that libraries are an important and valuable community resource."

Libraries across Leicestershire have started to see the benefits of the £5 million transformation programme and other initiatives recently introduced as they buck the national trend and see book issues increasing. Latest improvements include:

Fifty libraries across Leicestershire open all day Saturday, with Loughborough library piloting Sunday opening

A big increase in new stock with a huge boost in best seller titles shedding the myth that the books libraries have are dusty and out of date Popular events and activities including wriggly readers (rhyme and story time for 0-4 year olds), internet taster sessions and family learning activities

Online developments including improved renewal services, catalogue search facilities and 24-7 access to a librarian. Look out for ongoing developments at www.leics.gov.uk/libraries

The improvements are part of the County Councils priorities for the next 4 years