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The Big Fat Truth about Exercise: Webcast of Dr. Steven Blair
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Published: 13 January 2012
A webcast is now available for the held January 12, 2012 with
guest speaker and prize winner, Dr. Steven Blair,
University of South Carolina.
Widely regarded as the lead contributor to a new area of
epidemiological research linking physical fitness with decreased
mortality and numerous health benefits, Dr. Blair is a professor of
exercise science at the Arnold School of Public Health, University
of South Carolina. Seen as an academic leader in his field, he has
advised governments and health organisations, has published over
500 scientific papers and book chapters, and is one of a handful of
people outside the U.S. Public Health Service to be awarded the
Surgeon General鈥檚 Medallion.