HAMPSTEAD Roclyn Porter pressed a button to inflate the two lungs on display at the Hampstead Health Fair yesterday.

"One is a healthy lung and the other is the equivalent of smoking a pack a day for 16 years," she said. "The black on the lungs is tar and it doesn't inflate fully. Most people are freaked out. It's a nice visual."

Porter works for Family Mediation and Juvenile Services and explained the organization uses the lungs which are from pigs not humans for tobacco education. Her display was one of 36 different health-related groups at the Hampstead Middle School yesterday.

Nearly 300 people came to the fair, from children to seniors. Organizer Berny Longbook said the Hampstead Health Fair has become a community event after running for 11 years.

"Every year we see the same kids," she said. "They've grown up with the fair. It's become a family affair."

And each year, more local businesses want to participate. This year, the fair had new holistic health options, including Merrimack Valley Acupuncture and a reflexologist, who analyzes different parts of the body.

"There's a lot of networking that goes on at the fair," she said. "That's something the vendors tell us they like."

One booth had a flat-screen TV and Kinect video game system, set up by Ted Curtin, owner of Hampstead Health and Fitness Center.

"We have a kids' fitness center," he said. "They learn to exercise and also to do interactive fitness video games. It's a workout, let me tell you. I'm out of breath."

The children at the event lined up to play a track and field game, running, jumping and throwing in place. Jeremy Wyckoff, 10, of Atkinson threw the longest javelin in the game.

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Health fair in Hampstead highlights fitness, holistic medicine