Business Editors/Health/Fitness Writers

NEW YORK----On Saturday , February
26, 2005, Bally Total Fitness (NYSE:BFT) will host an Urban Rebounding
For Diabetes marathon to raise funds for people with diabetes. About 1.

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"We are very excited to have JB Berns and Bally Total Fitness
involved with raising funds for diabetes ," said Christopher Smith,
senior executive director, Greater New York City + Northern New
Jersey , American Diabetes Association. "Getting active is key in
preventing as well as controlling diabetes .diabetes.

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NORTHRIDGE, Calif.
Please visit the Nokia Accessibility stand at CSUN booth 304 for more
information about the HFA.

About Nokia
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and
sustainability of the broader mobility industry. JB
Berns , founder of Urban Rebounding, will lead the marathon, which will
feature Meredith Vieira, moderator for ABC's "The View" and host of
"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

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Proceeds of the event will
benefit the American Diabetes Association.

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About the Neil Squire Society
The Neil Squire Society is a Canadian based non-profit organization that
serves Canadians with physical disabilities through a variety of service
programs and all people with disabilities through the development of
innovative assistive technology to make high technology products accessible
(http://www. 604-473-9363
Email: harryl@neilsquire.
Urban Rebounding (www.
"This event will allow Bally Total Fitness to draw attention to
the benefits of exercise and its role in preventing the onset of
diabetes while helping raise funds to aid in the fight against this
deadly disease," said Barbara Feit, area vice president for Bally
Total Fitness. Proceeds from the marathon will
benefit the American Diabetes Association.

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Founded in 1940, the Association has offices
in every region of the country providing services in more than 800
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"With the innovations that Nokia and the Neil Squire Society are working
on together, people with severe mobility and dexterity impairments now have
the ability to access basic cellular telephone features that many people take
for granted," said David Dzumba, director of industry solutions for Nokia. Nokia is a broadly held company with
listings on four major exchanges.2 million people are not aware that
they have the disease. Each day, more than 2,740 people are diagnosed
with diabetes."
The American Diabetes Association is the nation 's leading
voluntary health organization supporting diabetes research,
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3 million people will be diagnosed this year.

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The HFA will be available for select Nokia phones and is
expected to be commercially available online and through North American
assistive technology stores during the fall of 2006.
"We look forward to continuing our work with the Neil Squire Society to
provide accessibility adaptations that make mobile phones more accessible. "At the
same time, we are raising funds for the American Diabetes Association
to help further their research, information and advocacy efforts for
people with diabetes.

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are thrilled to collaborate with Nokia and to provide a greatly enhanced
access to an important technology to enhance the lives of the mobility
impaired," said Dr. Nokia connects people to
each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and
innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging,
games, media and businesses.corp@nokia.

Urban Rebounding for Diabetes at Bally Total Fitness; JB Berns Founder of Urban Rebounding Meredith Vieira Host of ABC's ''The View'' + Bally Total Fitness

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More than 18 million people in the United States, or 6.org/urbanrebounding.

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"Nokia is a corporate leader in the area of addressing accessibility for all
people with disabilities."
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One of the initial outputs from this collaboration is the Hands Free
Adapter (HFA), which makes cellular phone operations accessible by using
various alternative input switches commonly used by individuals with mobility
impairments."
"Nokia is a leader in meeting the needs of people with disabilities." The Urban Rebounding For Diabetes
marathon will take place at Bally Total Fitness, located at 6th Avenue
and 19th Street from 11a.urbanrebounding .
To register for Urban Rebounding for Diabetes, call Andy Tjan at
1-888-725-4925 ext.

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Harry Lew
Manager of Research and Development
Neil Squire Society
Tel.com ), created by the fitness
expert, JB Berns, is a low impact aerobic workout performed on an
Urban Rebounder (mini trampoline). "Urban Rebounding is a great way to
get your circulation going and lose weight," said JB Berns. While approximately 13 million
Americans have been diagnosed, 5.

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, Nokia (NYSE: NOK)
and the Neil Squire Society, a Canadian research and development organization,
are collaborating on the development of new technologies designed to make
wireless communication accessible to people with severe mobility and dexterity
impairments. Gary Birch, Executive Director of the Neil Squire Society.neilsquire.m.
For more information about diabetes or the American Diabetes
Association , call 1-888-DIABETES (1-888-342-2383) or visit
www.

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+1 972 894 4573
E-mail: communication .
There is a $25 registration fee.