PILL series. Prescribing health: exercise.
- Author:
Kung How LAW
1
,
2
;
Choon How HOW
;
Chung Sien NG
;
Mark Chung Wai NG
Author Information
1. SingHealth Polyclinics - Outram and Associate Programme Director, SingHealth Family Medicine Residency Programme, 3 Second Hospital Avenue, Singapore
2. ng.chung.wai@singhealth.com.sg
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Exercise;
Health Promotion;
methods;
Humans;
Life Style;
Practice Patterns, Physicians';
Prescriptions;
Risk Assessment;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Singapore medical journal
2013;54(6):303-308
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The healthcare challenges in developed countries centre around the rise of chronic conditions and obesity. There is a call to shift the focus toward the primary prevention of these conditions. Clinicians will need to move beyond the comfort of prescribing pharmaceuticals and expand the scope to prescribing health, i.e. exercise. We discuss an easy-to-follow exercise prescription to highlight some essential principles and useful tools that can help busy family practices achieve this.
