“Having Fun, Getting Active,” with UK Associate Professor Dr. Dee Dlugonski 

The Way Podcast

The Way Podcast
“Having Fun, Getting Active,” with UK Associate Professor Dr. Dee Dlugonski 
Jun 10, 2025 Season 3 Episode 5
University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences

Don’t exercise because you have to. Exercise because you want to. That’s the message Dr. Dee Dlugonski wants to share with people — especially young women. As director of the Active Girls Healthy Women Program in the Sports Medicine Research Institute, and an Associate Professor in the College of Health Sciences, Dlugonski is trying to help young women move. Why? Because, as she has studied, there is a connection between young women exercising and having a positive outlook on life.

From conducting research to helping out in the community, the professor and her students are doing good for young women. Come with us — we’re Having Fun and Getting Active with Dr. Dee Dlugonski … on this episode of The Way Podcast. 

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