Will physicians of the future be able to prescribe exercise?
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Exercise is medicine and physicians need to prescribe it!
The three major factors that influence our health and longevity are genetics, the environment and behaviour. Because we have very little control over genetic factors, it is critical that we focus on the environmental and behavioural factors we can control to improve health. Whereas great strides have been made in reducing the environmental factors influencing disease, such as through vaccinatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Medicine
سال: 1975
ISSN: 1040-2446
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-197506000-00008