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SUMMARY:The contribution of physical activity to increased life expectancy
  - Professor Terence Dwyer\, George Institute for Global Health\, Universi
 ty of Oxford.
DTSTART:20160511T110000Z
DTEND:20160511T120000Z
UID:TALK65857@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Paul Browne
DESCRIPTION:Recently\, Terry Dwyer and his team reported their findings on
  the association of pedometer measured steps and mortality from a fifteen 
 year follow up of these cohorts (Dwyer\, T.\, et al. (2015). “Objectivel
 y Measured Daily Steps and Subsequent Long Term All-Cause Mortality: The T
 asped Prospective Cohort Study.” PloS one 10(11): e0141274).\n\nIn a com
 bined cohort of almost 3\,000 subjects among whom 220 deaths occurred\, a 
 40% reduction in mortality for those taking the highest number of steps co
 mpared to the lowest was observed. This was the first evidence from a popu
 lation based cohort that PA measured objectively was inversely associated 
 with mortality.\n\nIn this talk he will review the evidence on the relatio
 nship between PA\, predominantly measured by questionnaire\, and major hea
 lth outcomes and put into context what this new data using an objective me
 asure of PA adds to the overall picture. In describing how the complex puz
 zle of PA and health is developing he will identify what deficiencies in t
 he evidence need to be addressed before greater certainty about the causal
  nature of the association can be reached.
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Sciences\, Addenbr
 ooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)
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