Healthy heart class set at hospital Feb. 24

Whitman Hospital and Medical Center will be the site of a public nutrition class later this month.

In honor of National Heart Health Month, the hospital will host “Keep the Beat: Eating Well for a Healthy Heart" Feb. 24.

WHMC dietician Anna Hein said the class is free and open to the public, and she would encourage anybody to attend.

“It is for everyone, not just people with heart disease,” she said.

Hein said the class will present an opportunity to talk about lifestyle factors.

“We're going to talk about what kind of lifestyle factors play into heart disease,” she said. “We're going to talk...