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Exercise Prescriptions Keep Patients Moving

Writing a prescription for exercise may help boost patients' physical activity levels and keep them up long-term, researchers said here.

Women who were part of an activity prescription program were significantly more likely to get in 150 minutes of exercise a week and maintain that over two years than women who didn't participate in a program (P=0.01), Beverly A. Lawton, M.D., of the University of Otago here, reported online in BMJ.

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