Exercise prescription: What does it mean for primary care?

摘要

HOW FAR HAS EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION PROGRESSED? Exercise promotion is not a new concept. The ancient Greeks were among the first to promote exercise with Hippocrates himself stating: 'if we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health'. Little progress was made from then until the 1800s, when a physician named McKenzie was one of the first to think of exercise as a medical treatment for chronic disease rather than an activity reserved for the physically fit