FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 20, 2006
Contact: Marle’ Murphy
(662) 329-7119

MUW annual health fair Wednesday
 
COLUMBUS, Miss. – Mississippi University for Women’s Department of Health and Kinesiology will encourage the community to “COMMIT TO BE FIT” during its annual health fair on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in the Bubble on campus.
    
The event, which is also supported by the MUW nursing department, will start at 9 a.m. and end at noon.

More than 70 vendors will participate and provide services. Health screenings and fitness testing will be available including blood pressure, blood sugar, body mass index, height/weight, bone density, vision, body composition, flexibility, muscular strength, muscular endurance, aerobic capacity and hip/waist ratio. There will be an $8 charge for cholesterol screenings.

There also will be a tae kwon do presentation by students from Oliver Miller’s studio in Columbus, and door prizes will be given away throughout the day. 

MUW President Claudia A. Limbert will welcome guests at 9:45 a.m.

Dr. Joyce Yates, Emma Ody Pohl Endowed Chair and coordinator of graduate studies in the Department of Health and Kinesiology, said, the event will be “a fun day for health and wellness on the MUW campus.”

For more information, contact the Department of Health and Kinesiology at (662) 329-7225.