walking and health
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Presentation by Karim Khan, MD of University of British Columbia. Presented at the EveryBody Walk! Week Walking Summit at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health. For more information, visit http://centerfortotalhealth.org/2011/today-walking-summit-live-blogged-from-center-for-total-health/TRANSCRIPT
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2nd World Congress
Exercise is Medicine
Karim Khan, MD, PhD
Centre for Hip Health and MobilityProfessor, Department of Family Practice,
University of British Columbia
and Mobility
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Which kills more people in the US?
Low fitness Smoker
Diabetes Obesity
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Which kills more Americans?
Low fitness
Smoker
Diabetes Obesity
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Low fitness kills more people than smokadiabesity
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No Physical Activity For 1 Day… No Problem!
Health costs equivalent to smoking just 3 cigarettes!
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Consistent reduction in diseaseswith greater ‘dose’.
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Take one ‘pill’ or ‘two’? Bouts OK; not lycra
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Last word on dose...
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Personal story...accumulating 60
minutes of PA daily• 1. GOAL SETTING and RECORDING• 2009 – missed 11 days• 2010 – missed 5 days• 2011 – missed 4 days• Scheduled it, went public about it,
commute to work, have walking meetings, look for walking social activities, friends have similar approach
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@BJSM_BMJ
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Thank you!!
Karim Khan, MD, PhD
Centre for Hip Health and MobilityProfessor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British
Columbia
and Mobility