Why is the study important? Physical activity is well known for supporting mental health, but it’s often assumed that any movement is good. Research shows that lots of different types of physical activity – walking, running, yoga, resistance training – can help, but in reality, not all activity does. Physical activity is more than just […]
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Excess is a fatal thing: Nothing succeeds like moderation for optimal health
Author: Dr Nicky Keay, Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Division of Medicine, UCL Oscar Wilde quipped that “Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” However, when it comes to enjoying a healthy lifespan, nothing succeeds like moderation. Illustration from “Hormones, Health and Human Potential” Personalising Health through Lifestyle Hippocrates advocated that giving each individual just the right […]
Lifestyle Choices for optimising health: exercise, nutrition, sleep
By Dr Nicky Keay Lifestyle factors of exercise, nutrition and sleep are vital for optimising health. As in the illustration shown, ideally we should be in the green zone – representing a balance between these lifestyle factors. Slipping into the peripheral red zone represents an imbalance: either too much or too little of any of these […]
Glasgow Medical School leading the way on physical activity education: our three steps to success!
By Dr John Paul Leach Like many clinicians and medical educators, I am convinced of the need to energetically promote physical activity to all strata of society, but especially students and patients. I am lucky, in that my joint role as an educator and clinician, I have a chance to do just this – promote […]
Lifestyle Medicine – helping individuals and families adopt and sustain healthy behaviors : A practitioner’s unexpected Journey
By Dr. Bobby Masocol I’m a new sports medicine doctor, fresh out of training and now in academic practice teaching family medicine residents and sports medicine fellows. Prior to this job, I was asked by one of my mentors to develop a Lifestyle Medicine Clinic to compliment the unique curriculum at the University of South […]
Passionate about proactive healthcare? Look no further…#MET2015
Move Eat Treat is a movement to equip all healthcare practitioners with the skills to positively influence their patients’ lifestyle choices, fostering a healthy and happy Great Britain. As follow-up from our groundbreaking inaugural summit in 2013, we invite you to join us at the Institute of Sport Exercise and Health (ISEH) in London on […]