Eli Puterman

The benefits of exercise for family caregivers

Eli Puterman, a health psychologist and assistant professor at UBC’s school of kinesiology, was interviewed on CKNW’s Sunday Night Health Show. Puterman researches the health of family caregivers and the […]

Oct 10, 2018

Younger adults will increasingly be acting as caregivers and it can take a toll on their health.

Exercise reduces stress, improves cellular health in family caregivers

Exercising at least three times a week for six months reduced stress in a group of family caregivers and even appeared to lengthen a small section of their chromosomes that is believed to slow cellular aging, new UBC research has found.

Oct 3, 2018