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Killarney pharmacy inundated with Operation Transformation test requests
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By Michelle Crean
Up to 500 Killarney locals flocked to one pharmacy this week to find out their body’s true age – following last week’s Operation Transformation programme.
Kennelly’s Haven Pharmacy at The Reeks was the only store in Killarney town, offering the free metabolic test on Thursday, in conjunction with the popular RTE programme.
What was supposed to be a one day event nationally – proved so popular in Killarney that the pharmacy has decided to run it indefinitely as there was such an interest.
According to Emma O’Connor, staff at the pharmacy were inundated with requests since they opened their doors on Thursday morning.
“We’ve had over 500 people through the doors,” she told the Killarney Advertiser this week.
“The queues were out the door. So we’re going to keep running it indefinitely.”
The metabolic test is being done this year by Operation Transformation as a way of focusing on fitness rather than weight.
On last week’s show Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (40) learned that his body’s ‘true age' is in fact 53.
And although he is renowned for his fondness for triathlons, the former Minister for Health, was left shocked and dumbfounded to find he had in fact a metabolic age of a 53 year-old.
However, it was a completely different story for RTE broadcaster Claire Byrne who took the same fitness test as the Taoiseach - as the 43 year-old’s true metabolic age was revealed as 28 - live on her programme on Tuesday night, when tested by Professor Niall Moyna from the DCU School of Health and Human Performance.
Emma said that the test is suitable for those over the age of 18 and that their oldest customer was aged 87.
“We are using the Tanita machine – it’s the scales they use on the Operation Transformation show, and it’s free. We’re giving people their results and because we’re running it indefinitely they can try to bring it down and come back in two to three months to be retested.”
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