The scheme has been spearheaded by HECK! Meals co-founder, 34-year-old Jamie Keeble, who had testicular most cancers when he was 24.

In addition to concentrating on coronary heart illness, the checks goal to stop diabetes and kidney illness, in addition to widespread cancers equivalent to testicular, prostate, breast and ovarian.

Earlier this month, the entire HECK! group (nearly 100 folks) had been invited to participate, the place they had been requested to reply a brief life-style questionnaire, then have their top, weight, and waist measured, endure a blood strain take a look at and have a easy blood take a look at to measure ldl cholesterol and blood sugar ranges. The checks additionally recorded key data together with smoking standing, household historical past of coronary coronary heart illness and ldl cholesterol degree.

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Jamie mentioned: “We had been actually delighted how the well being checks had been taken up. We have now now rolled it out throughout the corporate and are having common visits by the screening firm.

“Well being checks can save lives. They can assist stop folks from creating largely preventable ailments, equivalent to coronary heart illness, most cancers, Sort 2 diabetes and liver illness.”

One of many people who got here to the screening was 59-year-old Robert Tough, who’s HECK’s occupational well being lead. “I actually have already made an appointment with my GP to observe up on among the suggestions from the screening. The 2 days had been actually profitable and all of the slots had been booked up. We’ll be making the screening programme an everyday factor annually.”

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The rollout of HECK’s well being test programme follows its marketing campaign final month which noticed the corporate change the identify of its widespread rooster sausages to CHECK! all through November’s males’s well being consciousness month. Proceeds from pack gross sales raised £20,000 for Cahonas, a charity devoted to educating folks about testicular most cancers and consciousness.

For extra data on the HECK and Cahonas fundraising marketing campaign go to www.heckfood.co.uk.