Steven Blair, PhD: How Do You Get Patients to Stay Physically Active?

Steven N. Blair, PhD, FACSM emphasizes that it is difficult to make lifestyle changes and that the “finger treatment” (i.e, “You better do this!”) is not very effective for most patients. Instead we need programs based on behavioral science which we haveonly started to us in the 25 years. We’ve learned  but still have ways to go. He also discussed some of his work with a new group investigating technological applications for lifestyle interventions (cell phones, iPads)….

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Steven N. Blair, PhD, FACSM is Professor in the Departments of Exercise Science and Epidemiology and Biostatistics  at the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina; and Executive Lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation, University of North Texas.  He also is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the College of Education at the University of Houston.  Dr. Blair is a past-president of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).