L.A. County Dept. of Public Healths free Health Expo on Olvera St. Photos by Diony C.

Grava The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and City of Los Angeles co-hosted a free Health Expo in observance of National Public Health Week. Venue was the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument in Olvera Street, Los Angeles. Among the activities featured were Mariachi performances, self-defense demonstrations, live musical therapy sessions, a blood drive, a healthy food cook-off by kid chefs, workplace exercise demonstrations and free health screenings.

1. A child tries to figure out a five pound glob of fat that could adversely affect one's health if ingested. Looking amused is Dr. Jonathan E. Fielding, director of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the County Health Officer.

2. Dr. Fielding instructs on the importance of proper diets.

3. People line up for free health screening inside a mobile health clinic of the City of Compton.

4. A few ladies demonstrate the proper way of doing exercise.