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Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis discusses the importance of sleep, physical activity, and nutrition for improving lifespan and healthspan.

Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis joins Sundus Ahmad, Senior Editor for eClinicalMedicine to discuss how Sleep, physical activity, and nutrition (SPAN) are key determinants of both life expectancy (lifespan) and disease-free life expectancy (healthspan), yet are often studied in isolation and how their team aimed to determine the minimum combined SPAN improvements needed for a longer lifespan and healthspan. Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI...

People in this episode

Host: Sundus Ahmad

Guest: Emmanuel Stamatakis

Topics covered

• Sleep
• Physical Activity
• Nutrition
• Lifespan
• Healthspan
• Determinants of Health

Keywords

• Sleep
• Physical Activity
• Nutrition
• Lifespan
• Healthspan
• Determinants of Health

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Organizations: eClinicalMedicine, The Lancet Group

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