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- Title
Exercise Is Medicine™.
- Authors
Werd, Matt; Pearl, Ben
- Abstract
The article focuses on the "Exercise is Medicine" initiative by the American Medical Association, the American College of Sports Medicine, and other medical organizations. It states exercise can help prevent and treat multiple diseases. It mentions that unfit patients need to be encouraged to make healthy lifestyle changes that include regular exercise, smoking cessation, and consuming healthier and smaller food portions. It talks about athletic shoe prescriptions to prevent exercise injuries.
- Subjects
PREVENTION of obesity; ATHLETIC shoes; BEHAVIOR modification; EXERCISE; HEALTH behavior; PODIATRISTS; PREVENTIVE health services; ROLE models; WORLD Wide Web
- Publication
Podiatry Management, 2011, Vol 30, Issue 1, p81
- ISSN
0744-3528
- Publication type
Article