title: Why and how to prescribe exercise: overcoming the barriers.
abstract: Exercise helps prevent and improve atherosclerosis and other chronic diseases, and physicians should encourage their patients to exercise more. Unfortunately, there are many barriers to prescribing exercise. To help patients start exercising and stay with it, clinicians need to address specifics. Several guidelines are available to achieve this goal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA. fletcher.gerald@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Jorge F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Trejo
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D055656:Prescriptions; D016730:Program Development; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors