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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Exercise is medicine"”.
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An ecologically valid assessment of the exercise is medicine hypothesis
… increases in cardiovascular and metabolic disease is a serious public health concern in the developed World. Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of research evidence suggests that physical activity is an effective intervention in addressing this state of affairs. An apparently strong case …
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Physical Activity Initiatives: Implications for Physical Activity Promotion
The Exercise is Medicine (EiM) initiative and the National Physical Activity Plan (NPAP) are structured to promote an increase of physical activity at the population level. The primary vision of the EiM initiative is the assessment and prescription of exercise in a primary care clinical setting. …
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Moving Toward Understanding: Negotiating Survival and Wellbeing while Living in Poverty
… belief that poverty, homelessness, and disenfranchisement can be ‘solved’ by those living in precarity by merely working harder, and that individuals remain in poverty because of their own independent choices and decisions. This is evidenced through dominant neoliberal discourses …