Background Exercise prescribing can help patients to overcome physical inactivity, but its
use in general practice is limited. The purpose of this narrative review was to investigate …

Background Physical inactivity is a global public health challenge. Physical activity (PA)
promotion in healthcare delivery systems is effective to reduce physical inactivity. A primary …

The health benefits of physical activity (PA) are acknowledged and promoted by the
scientific community, especially within primary care. However, there is little evidence that …

Introducción: La promoción de estilos de vida saludables por el profesional de salud
depende de sus propios hábitos, los cuales se afianzan durante la formación universitaria …

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a practitioner education program
(consisting of education on exercise guidelines and exercise prescription) on practitioner (i) …

Background Educational workshops help physicians (MDs) include physical activity and
exercise (PAE) content in more patient appointments. It is unclear if MDs with varying …

Background Physical activity (PA) counselling is an intervention to promote PA among
patients in primary care, yet it remains limited in this clinical setting. This study aimed to …

Background The physical activity (PA) prescription workshop for physicians, through the
global health initiative “Exercise is Medicine”(EIM), has trained more than 4000 health care …

Objective A review of current practices of educational interventions for lifestyle medicine was
performed to inform the design of interventions with long-term goals of improving patient …

AimTo report an evaluation of health professionals' participation in a distance-learning
physical activity training course developed in a low socio-economic region of São Paulo city …