Meet the “New Global Face” of Physical Activity!

Meet the “New Global Face” of
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Room CNR 1000
Tackling the Inactivity Pandemic: Emory’s
Growing Physical Activity Capacity
102 Steps Towards a More Active World
Speaker: Michael Pratt, MD, MSPE, MPH | Steering
Committee Member for the Lancet Physical Activity Observatory | Professor, Department of Global
Health and Emory Global Diabetes Research Center
Dr. Pratt will introduce The Lancet’s Physical Activity Observatory reports on the status of physical
activity surveillance, research and policy activities
in the 102 countries that account for 75% of the
global population, and 98% of the world’s physical
activity research publications. The report includes
102 Country Cards that provide data on mortality
attributable to physical inactivity, the prevalence of
adults participating in physical activity sufficient to
promote health, research productivity, and national
public health policy for physical activity
Physical Activity!
Emory University is an emerging hub for Physical Activity research. On 24 April 2015, Drs. Michael Pratt and R. L. Felipe Lobelo of the Rollins
School of Public Health and the Emory Global
Diabetes Research Center, will mark the release
of The Lancet’s Physical Activity Observatory’s
first-ever, comprehensive, country-by-country
report on the status of physical activity around
the world. Their talks will be followed by the first
meeting of the Emory Physical Activity Research
Working group (EPARG), open to anyone in the
Emory Community interested in physical activity
research, measurement, evaluation and policy
for both US and global audiences.
www.lancetphysicalactivityobservatory.com
Integrating Physical Activity Promotion in Health
Care Settings Globally: The Exercise is Medicine
Global Research and Collaboration Center (EIMGRCC)
the EIM-CRCC activities to support large-scale implementation of the EIM Solution across different populations, settings and health care systems, a complex
process that requires an academic hub to perform
the necessary applied research and evaluation, coordinate efforts and provide scientific direction to the
initiative.
Speaker: R. L. Felipe Lobelo, MD, PhD, FAHA | Associate Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health |
Director, EIM GRCC
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Room CNR 2001
The Exercise is Medicine (EIM) initiative of the
American College of Sports Medicine has helped
build local networks to support the systematic inclusion of physical activity in health care in the US and
more than 40 countries in 5 continents via the “EIM
Solution”, an evidence-based approach to assessing
patients, prescribing appropriate PA and developing
community-based PA resources linked to health services and public awareness. Dr. Lobelo will describe
Launch of the New Emory Physical Activity
Research Working Group
Open to members of the Emory Community (Woodruff,
Global Health Institute, ACTSI, Medicine, Nursing, law/
health policy)that have an interest in Physical activity
research, measurement, evaluation and policy for
Friday, April 24
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University | Atlanta, USA
Lunch will be provided!
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