“Everybody has a butt, but do you actually know how to use it?”
This is the question Bria Forbes, a personal trainer at Gainesville Health and Fitness, asked during her fitness demonstration at the first Stay on Pace Health Fair hosted Saturday by Alachua Pace Center for Girls.
The event was at 11 a.m. at Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church, located at 120 SE Williston Rd. About 50 people attended.
Stephanie Darilus, the event coordinator, said the goal of the event was to raise awareness for community health for all ages.
“We want to make sure everybody gets the same type of resources and information,” Darilus said.
One audience member said doing pushups for Forbes’ demonstration was his favorite part of the event.
“She reassured me that my form was correct,” said Richardson Paquiot, a 23-year-old UF philosophy senior.
A hookah sat on 32-year-old Sarah Woolley’s table. Woolley is a tobacco treatment specialist from Suwannee River Area Health Education Center.
“Young people aren’t really aware of the risk that using a hookah regularly puts them at,” she said.
She said an hour-long smoking session is equal to about 100 cigarettes, and unclean hoses can spread viruses like herpes.
The audience also got a tasty treat from Qwamel Hanks, a 23-year-old program assistant for UF/IFAS’ Family Nutrition Program.
Hanks made whole-grain noodles with a homemade peanut butter sauce.
“A lot of people want to eat healthy, but they don’t know how,” she said.
