Exercise Is Medicine at Shapes Total Fitness for Women

May 12, 2009 - PRLog -- Exercise is Medicine

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" Walk 30 mins and call me in the morning."

That's the kind of prescription doctors could soon write if the new leaders of two major medical groups get their way.

"We're trying to get every physician to prescribe exercise at every visit," says Robert Sallis, a California physician who recently became president of the American College of Sports Medicine. Physicians "have a moral responsibility to inform patients of the danger of inactivity and the health benefits of being more active," Sallis says.



More than half of Americans fail to get the 30 minutes of physical activity recommended daily to provide health benefits, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cars, elevators, remote controls and other modern devices all help to engineer physical activity out of daily life. Extended work days and long commutes add to the problem.

So many people are inactive that some experts have coined a new term for the epidemic: sedentary death syndrome. The condition helps cut short an estimated 250,000 lives in the United States annually,

Research also shows that regular physical activity improves health by cutting the risk of heart disease, stroke, colon cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure. Even bouts of activity as short as 10 minutes at a time can help control weight and relieve arthritis, anxiety and depression.   To learn more, please visit www.exerciseismedicine.org.

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