Health Tip: Fitting a Bicycle Helmet

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Wearing a helmet while biking can offer significant protection against head injury, but the helmet must fit properly.

The Cleveland Clinic offers these suggestions:

• The helmet’s padding should offer a more snug fit.
• Make sure the helmet doesn’t move in any direction. It should sit level, not tilted.
• Look for a helmet labeled with a Consumer Product Safety Commission sticker, which confirms it has met certain safety standards.
• If wearing a used helmet, make sure it has no cracks or breaks and was made after 1999.

Source: HealthDay

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