The inaugural Chattanooga Healthy Living Expo will take place 9 am to 3 pm Friday, October 1, and 9 am to 5 pm Saturday, October 2, 2010 at the Chattanooga Convention Center. The area’s largest Health and Fitness Expo features an array of nutritional information, health checks and fitness activities for East Tennesseans of any age.

Senior Day is sponsored by SeniorDirectory.com who will be on hand providing FREE Chattanooga senior directories at the Expo entrance.

Senior citizens will be honored on Friday with FREE admission and and are invited to join us for a variety of special guests and activities. Everyone is welcome to join in the two scheduled walks planned for Friday — our Opening Kick-Off Walk with local dignitaries and the Tennessee Men's Health Network Blue Walk which promotes prostate health awareness.

Get motivated to improve your health at any age by Sherry Johnson, from The Biggest Loser season 9, and Lauren Monahan, former Mrs. Tennessee competing in pageants into her 50's. Both will be on hand Friday, meeting and speaking with attendees about their journeys to healthier living!

Karen Ray, co-founder of the Healthy Living Expo, has a passion for the health of people in our region. "What motivates me to do the Expo," Ray shares, "is learning of people who participated in health checks where the early detection helped save lives, or hear how the expo inspired someone to quit smoking or loose weight. Each year the Expo changes people’s lives and I feel privileged to be a part of that."

While health has a serious side, the Expo strives to create a fun side. Each day is filled with entertaining activities, informative speakers, and exciting demonstrations. Ray states, "I want visitors to the Healthy Living Expo to learn healthy living can be fun." There will be scheduled walks, cooking demonstrations with sampling and a main stage with dancing, exercise and health information, all with PRIZE drawings after each event. "You can even play BINGO at the expo if you want," says Ray.

Visitors will find an abundance of information from over 100 exhibitors at the Expo. Many exhibitors provide health, fitness or nutritional information, services and FREE Health Checks .

For information about exhibiting at the Healthy Living Expo click here.