PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Smith, Charles W.
TI  - Exercise: A Practical Guide For Helping The Patient Achieve A Healthy Lifestyle
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2.4.238
DP  - 1989 Oct 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
PG  - 238--246
VI  - 2
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/2/4/238.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/2/4/238.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med1989 Oct 01; 2
AB  - Starting patients on an exercise program can accomplish more than many other efforts a physician undertakes. The wide range of physical and psychological benefits of exercise suggests that physicians should make a greater effort to motivate patients to begin such programs. Through a combination of personal role-modelling, patient education about exercise physiology and the benefits of exercise, and appropriate use of the exercise prescription, physicians can make a major impact by converting patients from a sedentary to an active lifestyle.