Dr Mike Loosemore on ‘Exercise is Medicine’ – technology & behaviour change

Are you an exercise advocate? Dr Mike Loosemore, leader of the ‘Exercise is Medicine’ task force in the UK shares recent advances in this field. He spearheaded a most successful conference in that topic in 2013 and shares highlights with BJSM Editor Karim Khan. He previews the 2014 Exercise Medicine conference which you can catch at the Royal Society of Medicine in London on Friday June 20 and Saturday June 21. Keynote speakers include Professors Steven Blair and Greg Whyte. Here is the link for the meeting; themes include the role of technology, digital health and influencing behaviour change. http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/spe02.php BJSM’s special 2014 issue on Exercise is Medicine, edited by Professors Steven Blair and Stewart Trost can be found here: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/3.toc See also: Developing a strategic research framework for Sport and Exercise Medicine: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/14/1120.full Developing learning outcomes for an ideal MSc course in sports and exercise medicine: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/39/1/20.full Leisure-time aerobic physical activity, muscle-strengthening activity and mortality risks among US adults: the NHANES linked mortality study: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/3/244.full Physical activity and breast cancer risk: impact of timing, type and dose of activity and population subgroup effects: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/42/8/636.full Intensity of leisure-time physical activity and cancer mortality in men: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/45/2/125.full CT scans and X-rays increase risk of cancer – changing the goal posts in sports medicine: http://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2012/09/19/ct-scans-and-x-rays-increase-risk-of-cancer-changing-the-goal-posts-in-sports-medicine/ Physical activity more likely to prevent breast cancer in certain groups: http://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2008/05/18/physical-activity-more-likely-to-prevent-breast-cancer-in-certain-groups/