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Osteoporosis prevention lecture set for June 23

2:11 p.m., May 24, 2004--Thirty-four million Americans have low bone mass, putting them at risk of developing osteoporosis and related fractures. One in two women and one in four men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in her or his lifetime.

Learn more about this preventable disease at 12:05 p.m., Wednesday, June 23, in 103 Gore Hall, when registered dietitian Marianne Carter, director of UD’s Wellness Employee Center, and Linda Smith, exercise physiologist, present "Preventing Osteoporosis, What You Should Know to Protect Your Bones." They will review lifestyle changes involving diet and exercise.

Two tickets to the Brandywine Ballet will be given as a door prize.
The cost of the lecture is 10 Wellness Dollars from the 2004-05 academic year. (All full-time employees receive 50 Wellness Dollars on July 1.)

For more information and to register, visit [www.udel.edu/wellness].

Article by Barbara Garrison

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