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Nov. 18, 2009
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- Free online seminar highlights physical activity assessment and exercise prescription process
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Join Exercise is Medicine task force chairman Robert Sallis, M.D., FACSM, and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) for a free online seminar based on the principles of Exercise is Medicine (EIM), held from 1-2 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 9.
Sallis will present evidence supporting the many health benefits of physical activity and the important role of health care professionals in physical activity assessment and exercise prescription. Seminar attendees will also learn how to incorporate this vital information into a clinical setting in order to enhance patient care. PCNA President Jane Nelson Worel, MSN, APRN-BC, APNP, will join the seminar as moderator and will discuss efforts to make EIM resources valuable for nurses and nurse practitioners.
A certificate for continuing education credit will be available following the seminar.
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- EIM-based exercise prescription book receives positive review
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“ACSM’s Exercise is Medicine™: A Clinician’s Guide to Exercise Prescription,” a comprehensive resource for health care providers on exercise prescription and counseling, recently received a positive review from the Doody’s Book Review service with a three-star rating and score of 85.
In the book, authors Steven Jonas, M.D., MPH, M.S., and Edward M. Phillips, M.D., explain how to design practical exercise programs for otherwise healthy patients of all ages and fitness levels, as well as those with special conditions such as pregnancy, obesity, and cancer. The book, published by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), also includes in-depth discussions of both the lifestyle approach to exercising regularly and the structured exercise approach.
To read the full review, click here. ACSM members may also access the article and other reviews through ACSM InfoSearch. Click here to purchase “ACSM’s Exercise is Medicine™: A Clinician’s Guide to Exercise Prescription.” |
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- Exercise is Medicine in the news
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Tell us your story: Jermar Waite
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Anytime Fitness member success video. |
For a former division one basketball player, 5-foot-9-inch, 257-pound Jermar Waite was not spending much time on the court. After waking up in the middle of the night with chest pain, Waite visited his doctor. Following several tests, his doctor asked Waite a life-changing question: “Do you love your child?”
Waite quickly realized the immediate need for a complete health overhaul if he wanted to live to see his son grow up. |
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Waite signed up for a membership at Anytime Fitness, the world’s largest co-ed fitness chain, in Columbia, S.C. The family atmosphere and motivation from his family helped Waite regain a healthy weight and positive attitude toward fitness. Now at 169 pounds, Waite has worked to lower his cholesterol level by 200 points and no longer experiences the effects of hypertension or sleep apnea.
“I definitely believe that exercise is medicine,” said Waite. “Exercise changed my life.”
For more about Waite’s story and to view the Anytime Fitness member success video series, click here. For tips on getting started on your own physical activity program, check out the Exercise is Medicine Keys to Exercise video series.
If you have a story, or would like to tell us more about what Exercise is Medicine means to you, please write us at eim@acsm.org. Your story or advice may be published in a future edition of this newsletter or appear as part of the Web site. |
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