Exercise is Medicine
Date/Time: | Tuesday, 08 Mar 2011 at 7:00 pm |
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Location: | Bessie Myers Auditorium, Mary Greeley Medical Center, 1111 Duff Ave |
Cost: | Free |
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Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
Channel: | Lecture Series |
Categories: | Lectures |
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Steven Blair has done extensive research using the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, which examines the impact of diet, physical activity and other lifestyle factors on mortality. He is currently on the faculty at the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, where he holds joint appointments in the Department of Exercise Science and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Prior to that, he was a researcher and then president and CEO of the Cooper Institute, a nonprofit research and education center recognized as a leader in exercise science. Blair also coauthored Fitness after 50.