Release Date: August 2007

KIDS AND THEIR BONES: A PARENTS’ GUIDE

Like many parents, you’re probably building your children’s college fund but how about their “bone bank?” Bone mass attained in childhood and adolescence can help determine lifelong skeletal health and prevent osteoporosis and fractures later in life. Teach your kids healthy bone habits with the informative Kids and Their Bones: A Parent’s Guide from the National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Get the facts on the recommended calcium intake for children, along with the best physical activities for bone-building. For your free copy, send your name and address to the Federal Citizen Information Center, Dept. 504P, Pueblo, CO 81009. Or call toll-free 1 (888) 8 PUEBLO, that’s 1 (888) 878-3256, and ask for Item 504P. And visit www.pueblo.gsa.gov to read or print this and hundreds of other FCIC publications for free.

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