SHOPPERS are being encouraged to take care of their hearts while they buy their groceries as part of National Blood Pressure Week.
A team of coronary heart disease nurses and health professionals from Derwentside Primary Care Trust will be offering blood pressure checks to shoppers in supermarkets across the borough,
Today, from noon to 6pm, the nurses will be in Asda, Stanley, tomorrow in Tesco, Consett, and on Friday in Safeway, Consett.
The initiative aims to raise awareness of the importance of having regular blood pressure checks in helping to prevent stroke and heart disease.
Derwentside Primary Care Trust nurse Nancye Carr said: "There is a high incidence of heart disease in the Derwentside area and we hope to reduce this by finding people at the highest risk.
"By identifying people with high blood pressure we can help to prevent heart disease and stroke by encouraging them to adopt a healthy lifestyle and offering advice on how to stop smoking, take more exercise, lose weight and eat more healthily.
"We hope that people will take up the offer of free blood pressure checks next week and take the first steps to a healthier lifestyle."
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