DuVal Auditorium
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson
The Foundations of Health
Optimal Nutrition, Physical Activity, Stress Management and Sleep
When: Wednesday, October 5, 2016
6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
Where: DuVal Auditorium
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson
1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Room 2600
Tucson, Arizona 85724
Who:
Michael J. Hewitt, PhD
Research Director for Exercise Science
Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Canyon Ranch Health Resort
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FIRST 100 GUESTS TO RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY BOOK ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS
In honor of Dr. Michael Hewitt's return to the University of Arizona Arthritis Center's Living Healthy With Arthritis series, the first 100 guests to arrive will receive a complimentary copy of Canyon Ranch Health Resort founder and visionary Mel Zuckerman's book 'Mel's Tips for Healthy Living' ($15 retail).
At 88 years young, Zuckerman shares insights to help you transform your life by making sensible, proven changes that fit your lifestyle. In this energizing, easy-to-use handbook, you will find hundreds of simple, practical tips and strategies, plus wholehearted encouragement to empower and inspire yourself on the pathway to health and wellness.
*Please note: The doors to the DuVal Auditorium and the book distribution line will open at 5:00 p.m.
About the Lecture:
“Modern medicine offers the exciting promise of reducing disease, restoring function and preventing illness. It does not promise to enhance health. That task is in our hands, and the tools to accomplish it are neither complicated nor limited …” so writes Michael J. Hewitt, PhD, Canyon Ranch’s Research Director for Exercise Science and October’s Living Healthy With Arthritis lecture series presenter.
Dr. Hewitt’s upcoming unique lecture focuses on true preventive medicine and the importance of physiological resilience. Dr. Hewitt will share The Foundations of Health, a four-legged structure which includes optimal nutrition, physical activity, stress management and sleep. These foundations form the platform upon which resilience, longevity and vitality rest, and are recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) as major modifiable determinants to chronic disease development and incidence.
While these foundations are critical to optimal health, the story does not end there; prevention is just one step. Individual paths will differ and the road is not without twists and turns. Sometimes, preventive medicine is not enough, and illness prevails despite our best intentions and our best efforts. It is here where resilience, physiological resilience, emotional resilience, spiritual resilience, and even financial resilience, can have the greatest impact on who succumbs and who thrives … and resilience can be learned. Current scientific evidence, clinical guidelines and real-world interventions show us the powerful role resilience plays.
One of the UA Arthritis Center’s most popular speakers, Dr. Hewitt will share his personal journey, a story of resilience and triumph, set right here at Banner-University Medical Center. Please join us for a practical and inspiring presentation on The Foundations of Health.
True preventive medicine is Mom’s medicine … “eat your vegetables, go out and play, do your homework first, get to bed.” These universal maternal admonishments represent nutrition, physical activity, stress management and sleep, the four foundations of health, and form the platform upon which resilience, longevity and vitality rest.
About Dr. Hewitt:
Dr. Hewitt earned his master's degree in exercise physiology and cardiac rehabilitation from St. Cloud (Minnesota) State University and his PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Arizona. As Research Director for Exercise Science and Clinical Exercise Physiologist with a twenty-five-year tenure at Tucson’s famed Canyon Ranch Health Resort, Dr. Hewitt has written more than 15,000 exercise prescriptions. In addition to numerous abstracts, articles and monographs, his chapter on prescribing exercise has been revised and published in all four editions of Dr. David Rakel’s clinical textbook, Integrative Medicine.
Dr. Hewitt serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the National 'Speaking of Women's Health' Foundation, is an advisor to the non-profit Canyon Ranch Institute and has served on the Industry Advisory Board for the American Council on Exercise. He has been a keynote speaker for 'Speaking of Women's Health', the Young President's Organization, the International Longevity Center, and the National Association of Women Physicians. Dr. Hewitt has traveled across the United States and internationally lecturing on the topics of preventive medicine and optimal health, and has shared the stage with such diverse speakers as 17th Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona, Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, and the Dalai Lama.
***Parking in the Banner - UMC Tucson Visitor/Patient Parking Garage:
The University of Arizona Arthritis Center is pleased to offer validation of parking tickets for the Banner ~ UMC Tucson Visitor/Patient Parking Garage during Living Healthy With Arthritis lectures. Your ticket may be validated by a UAAC staff member in front of the main lobby either upon entering or exiting the lecture.