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The Area's Largest Health, Fitness, Nutrition and Green Living Event

The area's largest event focused on health, fitness, nutrition and living green returns for the eighth year to the Knoxville Convention Center January 20-21, 2012. The Healthy Living Expo offers interactive, educational exhibits, demonstrations and presentations. Each year, Expo producers work to find new ideas, products and information. Over 130 individual companies fill more than 250 exhibits. The Expo continues to grow each year from its launch in 2005 as we expect over 8,000 visitors!

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Star 102.1 FM

Highly rated radio station Star 102.1 FM is the featured radio sponsor. With a stable of great stations, Star is the lead sponsor for Journal Broadcasting Group's Knoxville stations.

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ZUMBA® PARTY

Are you ready to party yourself into shape? That’s exactly what the Zumba® is all about. It's an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-party™ that's moving millions of people toward joy and health. Any now you can try it or watch others ZUMBA away at the expo. This new fitness craze has classes for Seniors, Kids, Men and Women, it's for EVERYONE! Don't miss the largest Zumba Party Knoxville has ever seen.

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Healthy Living, Healthy Planet

The Living Green and Natural pavilion returns as one of the expo's most popular areas. Learn about products and services found in our region to assist with living green and alternatives available in natural health.

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Senior Day

The Healthy Living Expo will present Senior Day with support from Knox County and other local governments. The Expo features programming focused on seniors from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. January 20. Enjoy gospel music by Praise 96.3 FM, play Senior Bingo, try Tai Chi, join the Blue Walk for Men's Health and taste healthy foods — all at the Healthy Living Expo!

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Employer Edge Program by CIGNA

Continuing the Expo's outreach to the area's largest employers, CIGNA is the sponsor for the expansive Employer Edge program that offers bulk admission to employees of participating companies to promote learning more about a healthier lifestyle.

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Prizes, Prizes, Prizes and Fun Activities

Returning Expo favorites include the Eat Right Stage, Fit Family Area and Get Active Stage. The areas feature activities and speakers offering healthy living tools, tips and techniques with prize drawings after every activity. Expo visitors have access to FREE health checks and can participate in fitness activities at the Fort Sanders Health & Fitness Center pavilion. The Fit Family Area presents exhibits with information for today's families.

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Eat Right Stage

On the Eat Right Cooking Stage, local chefs, dieticians and nutritionists demonstrate how to prepare healthy meals and offer samples of featured dishes. Exhibitors offering products or services pertaining to nutrition will surround the area, including the Healthy Grocery Store and EarhFare, all providing samplings for visitors to taste.

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Get Active Stage

The Get Active Stage showcases fitness through movement. Demonstrations range from dance, karate and gymnastics to Pilates, kickboxing and yoga, offering entertaining and effective fitness options. Movement and activities on Friday will be focused to Seniors while Saturday’s activities will focus on families and children of all ages.

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Check Your Health

Because monitoring your health is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, the Healthy Living Expo includes dozens of FREE health checks, typically including dietary and nutritional evaluations, bone and muscle screenings, blood typing, blood pressure checks, cardiovascular screenings and hearing tests. Mammograms and other special screenings will be offered at reduced Expo prices.

Be sure to visit the University of Tennessee Medical Center Pavilion, the Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center mammography bus, Medic Blood Drive, the Chiropractic Pavilion, Tennessee Men's Health and dozens of other exhibitors for FREE or reduced price health checks.

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Fitness by Fort Sanders Health & Fitness Center

Fitness always takes center stage at the Expo. At the Fort Sanders Health & Fitness Center pavilion, visitors can try fitness challenges, exercise classes and more. Trained fitness instructors will be on hand to help attendees get their personal fitness programs back on track.

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Pepsi Beverages Company

Pepsi Beverages Company returns to the Healthy Living Expo! PBC features a line of water products to HYDRATE!

Aquafina FlavorSplash, a water beverage with a splash of natural fruit flavors, sweetened with Sucralose. Sobe Lifewater a unique enhanced water beverage with a high level of vitamins and antioxidants, infused with natural herbs, low in calories, with natural sweeteners sugar and erythritol. Propel goes beyond hydration to provide flavor and a good source of antioxidant vitamins C & E for a great-tasting beverage with purpose.

Hydrating waters designed for people who lead active lifestyles So, be sure to visit the Pepsi Pavilion to sample all these great products while at the Expo!

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Healthy Living!

With exhibitors representing products and services relating to healthcare, nutrition, fitness, natural health, family fitness and "green" living, visitors to the Healthy Living Expo are sure to find something to enhance their lifestyles. By participating in Expo activities, watching demonstrations, sampling nutritious foods, gathering information and accessing dozens of FREE health checks, visitors leave better prepared to meet the challenge of Healthy Living.

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