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Exercise Medicine Conference
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Physical inactivity causes more premature deaths than smoking.
There is overwhelming evidence that low physical activity is the major contributor to non-communicable diseases, and increasing evidence that sedentary behaviour is a separate but equally important risk factor that needs to be addressed.
This two day international conference took place on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd June 2013 at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. Chaired by Dr Mike Loosemore, it brought together experts, leaders and innovators working in exercise medicine to discuss their latest research.
View the discussions and the videos from the speakers of the Conference.
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Dr. Mike Loosemore, a leading sports physician based at the new Institute, advocates that activity rather than exercise is a crucial, but an underused therapy to prevent, manage and treat many medical conditions.
Exercise is Medicine is a movement that does emphasise the importance of behaviour. Launched in 2007 by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Association, it is dedicated to changing peoples’ behaviour towards exercise, which it suggests is crucial to the prevention, management and treatment of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
