By Dr Casey Whife, Sport & Exercise Physician
We’ve told patients to be active since dial-up internet. Australia’s adult guidelines landed in 1991, yet in 2022 only 22.4% met the recommended combined aerobic and strength targets.
In the same year just 18% of adults reported receiving a GP physical activity recommendation in the past year.
Somewhere between evidence and everyday practice, the message evaporates, and so do the years of healthy life....
We’ve told patients to be active since dial-up internet. Australia’s adult guidelines landed in 1991, yet in 2022 only 22.4% met the recommended combined aerobic and strength targets.
In the same year just 18% of adults reported receiving a GP physical activity recommendation in the past year.
Somewhere between evidence and everyday practice, the message evaporates, and so do the years of healthy life....
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