The annual Tucker Center Fall Distinguished Lecture will be held on Wednesday, October 20, at 7:00 p.m. in Cowles Auditorium in the Hubert H. Humphrey Center on the West Bank. The lecture, sponsored each year by the Tucker Center for Research in Girls & Women in Sport, will address the topic, “Reducing Obesity among Minority Females: The Critical Role of Physical Activity.” Three U of M scholars will present: Beth Lewis, Ph.D., Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D. The lecture is free and open to the public. To learn more about the Tucker Center Fall Distinguished Lecture, go to http://www.cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter/lecture/default.html.

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