EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN

“SOMEWHERE, SOMETHING INCREDIBLE IS WAITING TO BE KNOWN.”

Carl Sagan

TOGETHER, WE ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE AT ANY AGE.

The question has never been whether exercise is good for you, but whether extreme exercise is bad for you. For the past decade or so, there’s been increasing concern that high-volume, high-intensity exercise could injure the heart. We found that high volumes of exercise are safe, even when coronary calcium levels are high.

Dr. Benjamin Levine Professor of Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine UT Southwestern Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas

56%

THE COOPER INSTITUTE RESEARCH STUDY WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN SHOWS THAT FITNESS LEADS TO A REDUCED RISK OF BOTH DEPRESSION AND DEATH BY HEART DISEASE.

(JAMA PSYCHIATRY)

36%

FITNESS CAN PROTECT THE BRAIN AS WE AGE, LEADING TO A 36% REDUCED RISK OF ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA AND A 41% LOWER RISK OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT.

(ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE) (PREVENTIVE MEDICINE)

40%

PHYSICAL FITNESS AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES CAN SAVE NEARLY 40% IN ANNUAL HEALTHCARE COSTS.

(JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY)

TOGETHER, WE IMPACT QUALITY OF LIFE

THE POWER OF RESEARCH

It’s a fact. Exercise is the best preventive medicine and The Cooper Institute stands as the leading authority on the long-term benefits of physical fitness.

“The known benefits of regular physical activity include decreased mortality, heart disease, diabetes, and many other medical conditions, which reminds us how important it is to participate in regular physical activity.”

Dr. Laura F. DeFina CEO and Chief Science Officer The Cooper Institute

We work together with top minds from elite institutions around the country to guide the future of prevention research from the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study (CCLS) - the world’s largest and longest-running database on measured aerobic fitness.

Nearly 50 years ago, Dr. Cooper set out to change the hearts and minds of doubters through scientific research. Now with over 700 articles in leading medical journals, the case for public health initiatives to improve fitness are stronger than ever.

The inaugural Prevention Research Summit brought together these nationally-recognized physicians and scientists to plan key areas of study to pursue as well as partnerships in academia or in public and private sectors.

Nationally Recognized Researchers:

• Jarett Berry, MD UT Southwestern Medical Center • Barry A. Franklin, PhD Wayne State University • William Haskell, PhD Stanford University • Harold Kohl, PhD UTHealth School of Public Health • Wendy Kohrt, PhD University of Colorado School of Medicine

• William Kraus, MD Duke University • I-Min Lee, MBBS, MPH, ScD Harvard University • Benjamin Levine, MD UT Southwestern Medical Center Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine • Charles Matthews, PhD National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health

PATIENT RECORDS IN THE CCLS DATABASE 300,000 700 + PUBLISHED RESEARCH STUDIES IN LEADING MEDICAL JOURNALS