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Takeaways from the 2018 Manulife Prize winner

Caption: Richard Payette, President and CEO of Manulife Québec; Louis Arseneault, Vice-Principal (Communications and External Relations) of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ; Jean-Pierre Després, Professor of Kinesiology at Université Laval and winner of 2018 Manulife Prize; Professor Laurette Dubé, Chair and Scientific Director of the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics at the Desautels Faculty of Management Credit: Manulife
Published: 26 April 2018

Distinguishing between healthy living and fitness fads

At this year’s Manulife Prize ceremony, hosted at Maison Manuvie in collaboration with the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), Manulife Prize winner Professor Jean-Pierre Després presented an overview of his research, emphasizing the prevailing gap between science and so-called healthy living practices. According to him, the difference between what we know and what we do is staggering.

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