When: April 24, 2004
Where: Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Institute: Office of Community Liaison (OCL)

On Saturday, April 24, 2004, NIH wants you to catch the health and fitness craze coming to Silver Spring, Maryland. Share the Health: NIH’s Premier Health and Fitness Expo, features a day of free fun with health-centered events and activities for the entire family.

Local hospital staff will offer free health screenings to help community members discover if they are at risk for stroke, high blood pressure, skin problems, osteoporosis, or obesity. And NIH information officers will provide the latest in NIH health research through a variety of fun and interactive exhibits.

Share the Health events will include interactive exhibits and health seminars led by NIH scientists, free health screenings, the 2004 NIH Healthy Games—NIH’s own version of the summer Olympics, sports clinics, wellness workshops, and a wealth of free health information for all ages. Activities for children and teens, such as hands-on lab experiments, competitive games, and a Moon Bounce, will also be featured.

Sponsored by the NIH's OCL, the newly designed event promotes community health through the prevention of disease. Scientists at the NIH, the nation’s premier biomedical research institute, want to help us help ourselves by showing us easy and fun ways to improve our fitness and maintain good health. Share the Health allows people of all ages to discover and experience new ways to lead a healthier life. This event is your chance to find out what NIH is, what it does, and how it can help improve your life.

The expo will be held at Montgomery Blair High School, 51 University Boulevard East, Silver Spring, between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Next Steps
For more information or to register for this free event, call the Share the Health coordinator at (301) 650-8660 or visit http://sharethehealth.od.nih.gov.

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