Exercise is medicine.

250,000 deaths each year attributed to a sedentary lifestyle, it is incumbent upon physicians to include a discussion of regular physical activity with their patients, at every visit. But physicians are still reluctant, however, to prescribe exercise for their patients. Although many cite lack of time or poor reimbursement for counseling services, the majority of primary care physicians are simply unsure of how to effectively begin discussing exercise with their patients.

American college of sports medicine have long been campaigning “exercise is medicine” author Pearce PZ (2008) in a journal of sports medicine wrote about the medical benefits of regular physical activity, including weight loss and reduction in the risk of heart disease and certain cancers, are well known. He reviewed the medical benefits of exercise, basic principles of physiology, and then the components of an exercise prescription.
contact the author:
Pearce.p@ghc.org

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