A team of nutritionists and pharmacists will offer citizens the opportunity to measure their weight, height, BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, body fat percentage and set a weight loss goal and to provide a table of healthy living tips and healthy eating and recipes for a whole week.

Spanish Heart Foundation (ESF), sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK, which markets there) is organizing the event with the theme "Lighten your heart. Being overweight is a risk, "and that obesity is a major risk factor for developing cardiovascular complications. The campaign spread prevention messages to promote physical exercise and a healthy diet to reduce obesity and overweight and keep your heart healthy at every stage of life.

Heart Week 2010 has already passed through Toledo, Madrid and Oviedo, in the coming months will visit four cities. In tests, the excess weight is the most prevalent, followed by hypertension and cholesterol.