For the last 16 years, the Health Fair 11 has been set up at the Minnesota State Fair to provide free and low-cost screenings and health education opportunities.

This year is no exception and over a dozen organizations have teamed up to provide people a healthy opportunity at the fair.

Some of the services offered this year will be blood pressure checks, hearing assessments, blood typing, balance screenings and memory-loss evaluations. The Health Fair 11 will also teach fair goers about food allergies and hand out an official list of state fair foods that are gluten-free.

Flu shots will be available to those over the age of 8 with proof of insurance.

For the first time this year there will be 2 private rooms for mother’s who are nursing to utilize.

The Health Fair 11 will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and will be located in the Crossroads building at the southwest corner of Dan Patch Ave and Cooper St.

By — Sarah Winkelmann