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Promoting physical activity to patients
Can we promote physical activity to patients if we’re not physically active ourselves?
BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5985 (Published 17 October 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;367:l5985
- David J Jones, acute care common stem specialty trainee year 2
- Anaesthetic Department, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate CT9 4AN, UK
- david.jonathan.jones{at}doctors.org.uk
Haseler and colleagues’ article on discussing physical activity with patients is helpful.1 Doctors of all specialties, myself included, ought to be more proactive in encouraging patients to exercise more, eat more healthily, lose weight, and so on. Every presentation—be it to a general practitioner, to the emergency department, …
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