{"id":1927,"date":"2015-11-26T22:13:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T22:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.uregina.ca\/cah\/?post_type=events&#038;p=1927"},"modified":"2023-02-24T22:17:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T22:17:32","slug":"2015-2016-centre-on-aging-health-distinguished-lecture","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/research.uregina.ca\/cah\/events\/2015-2016-centre-on-aging-health-distinguished-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"2015-2016 Centre on Aging &#038; Health Distinguished Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"exercise-and-nutrition-keys-to-successful-aging\">Exercise and Nutrition: Keys to Successful Aging<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-pp\">\n<p><strong>Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 6:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Open to the public. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p>Administration-Humanities Building (AH) Room 527<\/p>\n<p>Free parking is available in Lot 3 M<\/p>\n<p>Refreshments will be provided.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"text-pp\">\n<p>Dr. Rawson will discuss muscle and strength changes that accompany normal aging.\u00a0\u00a0 He will then describe the importance of physical exercise and nutrition on successful aging.\u00a0 In particular, he will address the impact of reducing sedentary behaviour on chronic disease, the beneficial effects of strength training (weight lifting) and protein on muscle strength, as well as the potential benefits of using supplements (i.e., creatine) on muscle and brain function.<\/p>\n<p>Eric S. Rawson is Chair and Professor of Exercise Science at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.\u00a0 Over the past two decades, Dr. Rawson\u2019s research has focused on the interactions between nutrition and skeletal muscle.\u00a0 In particular, Dr. Rawson has studied the effects of the dietary supplement creatine on muscle and brain function in older adults.\u00a0 Dr. Rawson has delivered more than 100 professional presentations, is co-editor of the text\u00a0<em>Nutrition for Elite Athletes<\/em>, co-author of the 10th Edition of\u00a0<em>Nutrition for Health Fitness and Sport<\/em>, and has authored\/co-authored numerous articles and book chapters.\u00a0 His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Bloomsburg University, and various foundations.\u00a0 Dr. Rawson is a member of the Board of Trustees and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercise and Nutrition: Keys to Successful Aging&#8211;public lecture by Dr. Eric Rawson, Professor of Exercise Science at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1928,"template":"","class_list":["post-1927","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uregina.ca\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/1927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uregina.ca\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uregina.ca\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/research.uregina.ca\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/1927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1929,"href":"https:\/\/research.uregina.ca\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/1927\/revisions\/1929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.uregina.ca\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uregina.ca\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}