title: The value of exercise in preventing coronary atherosclerotic heart disease.
abstract: This article has related the value of exercise in preventing coronary atherosclerotic heart disease. This disease is multifactorial in origin and is prevented primarily by modifying risk factors. Proper exercise does not imply high-level physical fitness or conditioning; it may be occupational or leisure-time activity, recreational activity, or regular aerobic exercise three to four times weekly for 30-60 minutes at a time, as recommended by the American Heart Association. Such physical activity can be performed by most people, even the disabled, and certainly, modifying risk factors is more cost effective and more enjoyable than coronary heart disease itself. Therefore, physical activity must be emphasized in the management of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Fletcher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors