A recent Center for Disease Control report from the National Health Interview Survey was published this month and shows that more physicians are recommending exercise (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db86.htm).
Specifically, the question was, "Did your physician recommend that you begin or continue to exercise?"
The answer is that more doctors are recommending exercise, 10% more in 2010 than in 2000.
In 2010 overall 32.4% said the doctor recommended exercise.
For women alone the number was up to 34% in 2010 vs 23.9% in 2000. These are women over 18 years. When viewed by age, the largest single increase was for those women over 85 years: up from 15.3% to 28.9% (almost double!).
The recommendation varied by chronic disease:
- for cancer 36%
- cardiovascular disease 42%
- high blood pressure 44%
- diabetes 56%
There was also variation by BMI:
- Healthy weight (BMI <25) 22.6%
- Overweight (BMI 25-30) 30.5%
- Obese (BMI >30) 46.9%
It does look like we are all getting the picture.
Although the recognition of cancer prevention benefits seem to be lagging behind, we can all encourage our family, friends and coworkers to GET MOVING! Data demonstrates that exercise is a big part of cancer prevention.
Together we can prevent 75,000 breast cancer cases each year!
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