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Inspiration for a healthier life
Chris MacDonald inspires you to take the first steps towards a healthier life. With research-based insights and practical tools, he helps you strengthen both body and mind.
Better well-being for children and young people
Through Just Human, Chris works passionately to inspire change and collaboration that collectively contributes to securing a better future for the upcoming generations.
Thought-provoking lectures
Chris MacDonald’s lectures challenge our habitual thinking and provide us with tools to understand and navigate a world where health and well-being are often overlooked.
Get inspired
Chris MacDonald is both a human physiologist and a researcher – and known as one of the very best speakers on the Scandinavian stage. He has delivered lectures for some of the world’s largest companies, from Maersk and Novo to Microsoft and Lego.
Chris has worked with:
Projects
On a daily basis, Chris MacDonald passionately challenges and improves the public’s health and approach to it. On this page, you can find an overview of past and current projects.
Books
Chris MacDonald shows us that although the world can be challenging, it is possible to thrive and live a meaningful life. Both books are filled with inspiration on how we can achieve better well-being in a complex world.
Just Human
Just Human is a Danish NGO, founded in 2015 by Chris MacDonald. Just Human’s mission is to inspire young people and their role models to take care of themselves and each other.
Fantastic. Simply inspiring. Chris MacDonald engaged everyone – even those who were a bit skeptical before the lecture, thinking they were about to hear the 'health guru of all health gurus.
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About Chris MacDonald
Chris MacDonald, born in 1973 in Minnesota, USA, and raised in Seattle, has lived in Denmark since 1999 and is now a leading authority on mental and physical health, motivation, and resilience. With a degree in human physiology and a background as an elite athlete, Chris has dedicated his professional life to helping others achieve better health and well-being.
Chris has notably ranked second in the 5000 km long Race Across America in 2005 and was a former rower on the U.S. national team. In addition to his athletic achievements, he works closely with TrygFonden’s Center for Active Health at Rigshospitalet on a large research project that examines how lifestyle changes can be used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes – with the goal of completely or partially reducing the need for medication.