Metro Atlanta Walmarts Hosting Wellness Events On Saturday

ATLANTA, GA -- Metro Atlanta-area Walmarts are offering their Walmart Wellness Day on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, from 10 am to 2 pm. Walmart has a goal of providing 3 million flu shots this year. Along with flu shots, Walmart is also offering free health screenings, low-cost immunizations, free vision screenings (in locations with a vision center) and an opportunity to talk with a local pharmacist and other health and wellness professionals.

Since 2014, Walmart has conducted approximately 3 million free screenings during the quarterly event. Screenings available this weekend, along with other offerings include:

• Free total cholesterol screenings, as well as blood pressure, blood glucose and BMI testing
• To promote healthy eating, hundreds of thousands of free apples and mandarin oranges from Walmart’s produce department will be distributed.
• Details on ZP Challenge, a program that began with Walmart associates, which encourages anyone to compete for a chance to win cash prizes by making daily better choices in the areas of fitness, family, food and money, will be available.
• 9,235+ healthy product demos, samples, and recipe events in select stores from vendors like Del Monte, Dannon Light & Fit, Equate and V8.
• Virtual tools from third-party organizations to be featured, including the ability to check your body’s true age based on health factors with Sharecare Real Age, and Fresh Tri, a service to influence better eating habits.

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