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Health experts promote benefits of physical activity

Public allowed to quiz doctors on the connection between health and activity.
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Professor Steven Blair from the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina spoke in Abbotsford last week. Blair was at the 'Exercise is Medicine Abbotsford Initiative' forum last Wednesday night at Matsqui Centennial Auditorium.

Two of the world’s top physical activity experts were in Abbotsford last week to answer the public's questions about the connection between physical activity and health.

Dr. Steven Blair and Dr. Karim Khan were at the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium on Aug. 28.

Blair is a leading expert in the role of exercise in health. He spoke to the medical community in the morning and to the public later that night.

The event was presented by the Abbotsford Division of Family Practice and  Healthy Abbotsford.