title: Exercise as a treatment for the risk of cardiovascular disease.
abstract: Regular physical activity decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease and modifies multiple cardiovascular risk factors. The optimum amount of exercise continues to generate debate; however, the general recommendation is that all adults should engage in 30 min of moderate-intensity physical activity on five, and preferably all, days of the week. Despite extensive data and recommendations, a significant proportion of the US adult population remains sedentary. Promoting physical activity at a public level remains a major challenge because of the presence of multiple behavioral, physical, and environmental barriers. Health care providers have an opportunity and a responsibility to include exercise counseling in routine office visits.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, LHRB 306 701, 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA, baijaz@cardmail.dom.uab.edu.
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aijaz
authors.forename: Todd M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Bonnie K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bittner