Get Birmingham into the
Guinness book of records with high blood pressure challenge
By Daniel O’Sullivan
You could help get
Birmingham into the Guinness book of records, simply by getting your blood
pressure checked!
The event, put on by Lord
Mayor, Coun Len Gregory, is set to take place at Star City in Birmingham on
April 2nd 2011, between 10am and 6pm. All you have to do is go down
to Star City, near Nechells in Birmingham,
to get your blood pressure taken.
At the moment, the record
for the amount of people to have their blood pressure taken is 2,331, held by
Cardiff, capitol of Wales, which beat Florida’s record of 2,075 people. The
Lord Mayor though would like to smash those records and get a massive 3000
people to participate in just 8 hours.
This event is not just about
making history, it is also to raise awareness for High blood pressure, which Is
more commonly known as ‘The silent killer’ because it has no symptoms yet is
one of the main causes of a person suffering a stroke. A blood pressure test is
quick and painless yet it is something that is very important that can be done
for your heath, no matter what your age.
It is believed that 35-40%
of strokes could be prevented from happening if high blood pressure is caught
and treated from an earlier stage, which is a massive amount and makes this
event very worthwhile.
At the event, there also
going to be stalls, free secure parking, celebrities and all round family fun,
so not only will you be helping your heath, you will also be taking part in
history and having a fun day out.
This record-breaking attempt
to get Birmingham into the Guinness world book of records is being run with The
Stroke Association
To register with this event,
which is completely free, then register at https://www.lordmayorschallenge.com/
and help Birmingham make history!
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