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Joseph Houmard, PhD, talks about how because diet is deemed so important in weight management that people often write off the benefits of exercise. He also talks about some of the various exercise strategies but notes that the best one is always the one that the patient will actually do. …

  Dr. Joe Houmard talks about how most people see the primary benefit of exercise as being weight loss when in reality exercise really isn’t that great a way to effectively lose weight. Instead, Dr. Houmard explains that there are many other benefits of exercise that patients seem to be …

Dr. Joe Houmard gives us a brief introduction to himself and explains how his experience as a competitive athlete influenced his decision to explore how exercise helps people to live healthier lives. Other videos with Dr. Houmard: How the Benefits of Exercise Go Way beyond Weight Loss

Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, talks about steps we can easily take to make sports more appealing and available to kids today such as making parks and other recreation spaces available to all kids, no matter their economic situation. He also addresses the issue of some parents being concerned about their children’s …

Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, discusses the growing problem of childhood obesity which frequently contributes to the earlier development of adult type 2 diabetes. He also mentions that, particularly in the southern U.S., there are more and more incidences of type 2 in children and teens being reported. More videos with Dr. …

Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, talks about how, even though dieting and exercise should be part of every patient’s regimen, this can be extremely difficult in certain places. He says there are many ways we could improve the physical environment, however, in our towns and cities, including simple things like adding sidewalks …

  Dr. Peter Katzmarzyk talks about the urgent need to build physical activity back into our lives. He comments that, “The reality is that we have engineered physical activity out of our lives,” but emphasizes that he’s not advociating that we need to go to the gym every day, just …

  Dr. Peter Katzmarzyk talks about how, although we have a lot of research data on healthy behavior, most of the information we have on sedentary behavior is only 8-10 years old, so it is hard to recommend a specific target for reducing sitting. New data is rapidly being gathered, …

Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Ph.D, goes into detail on the nature of his research, explaining that, although we have had around 60 years of research of physical health and we understand the benefits moderate and vigorous physical activity, we seem to know very little about sedentary behavior. With our society becoming increasingly sedentary, it’s …

Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, FACSM, FAHA, gives us a brief introduction to himself and explains that the current focus of his research is on what happens with the human body when it’s not exercising which is most of the rest of the day…. More videos with Dr. Katzmarzyk: Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD, …