Physical Activity or Body Weight: Which Is More Important for Your Health?
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 11 Nov 2010 at 8:00 pm |
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| Location: | Great Hall, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
| Categories: | Lectures |
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Steven Blair earned a B.A. in physical education from Kansas Wesleyan University and an M.S. and P.E.D. in physical education from Indiana University. He was a postdoctoral scholar in preventive cardiology at Stanford University from 1978-1980.
Blair is a Benjamin Meaker Fellow at the University of Bristol, England; a fellow in the American College of Epidemiology, Society for Behavioral Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine, American Heart Association, and American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education; and was elected to membership in the American Epidemiological Society. Blair is a past-president of the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, and the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. He was also president of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
He has received awards from many professional associations, including a MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health, ACSM Honor Award, Robert Levy Lecture Award from the American Heart Association, and is one of the few persons outside the U.S. Public Health Service to be awarded the Surgeon General's Medallion. He has published over 360 papers and chapters in the scientific literature.