Walking and Health

2nd World Congress

Exercise is Medicine

Karim Khan, MD, PhD

Centre for Hip Health and MobilityProfessor, Department of Family Practice,

University of British Columbia

and Mobility

Which kills more people in the US?

Low fitness Smoker

Diabetes Obesity

Which kills more Americans?

Low fitness

Smoker

Diabetes Obesity

Low fitness kills more people than smokadiabesity

No Physical Activity For 1 Day… No Problem!

Health costs equivalent to smoking just 3 cigarettes!

Consistent reduction in diseaseswith greater ‘dose’.

Take one ‘pill’ or ‘two’? Bouts OK; not lycra

Last word on dose...

Personal story...accumulating 60

minutes of PA daily• 1. GOAL SETTING and RECORDING• 2009 – missed 11 days• 2010 – missed 5 days• 2011 – missed 4 days• Scheduled it, went public about it,

commute to work, have walking meetings, look for walking social activities, friends have similar approach

@BJSM_BMJ

Thank you!!

Karim Khan, MD, PhD

Centre for Hip Health and MobilityProfessor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British

Columbia

and Mobility