Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger will be at the Lawrence Farmers’ Market today to promote healthy lifestyle choices.

It will be Praeger’s first stop during a summerlong campaign at area farmers’ markets. She will be promoting the importance of diet and exercise as key elements in preventing disease.

Praeger will be in Lawrence from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. today at the market, which is in the parking lot between 10th and 11th Streets on the east side of Vermont.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” Praeger said in a news release. “We are promoting the idea of eating healthy and shopping locally, and a farmers’ market is the ideal place for that.”

Praeger also will promote the importance of health insurance and access to affordable health care.