3 ways community creates a healthy life | Olivia Affuso

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Maintaining a healthy weight takes more than diet and exercise, says physical activity epidemiologist Olivia Affuso. In this episode of TED Health we are revisiting her actionable talk on how you can kickstart a healthy life by tapping into the collective power of a community that supports and motivates your health goals.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:07.0	This is Ted Health, I'm your host, Dr. Shoshana Unger-Layer.
0:11.0	Okay, it's a new year, and I don't know about you, but I've already slipped on my 2022
0:16.5	workout resolution.
0:18.0	Turns out there's a research-backed explanation for this.
0:20.7	As a physical activity epidemiologist, Olivia of Fusso studies the relationship between
0:25.4	lifestyle and quality of life, and the people in our lives play a big role in that.
0:30.6	In her 2021 Ted Salon talk, she explains why it's so difficult to start and maintain
0:36.5	health-related activities by ourselves.
0:39.0	If goal-setting is top of mind for you this time of year, keep listening to learn the
0:43.2	three community-driven habits Olivia says are essential to help us stick to our wellness
0:48.0	goals.
0:49.0	Hi, I'm Frances Roy, and I'm Ann Morris.
0:53.6	And we are the hosts of a new Ted podcast called Fixable.
0:57.0	We've helped leaders at some of the world's most competitive companies solve all kinds
1:01.4	of problems.
1:02.5	On our show, we'll pull back the curtain and give you the type of honest, unfiltered
1:06.5	advice we usually reserve for top executives.
1:09.7	Maybe you have a coworker with boundary issues, or you want to know how to inspire and
1:13.7	motivate your team.
1:14.9	No problem is too big, or too small.
1:17.1	Give us a call, and we'll help you solve the problems you're stuck on.
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