Health benefits of aerobic exercise
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 90 (1) , 103-112
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1991.11700983
Abstract
Aerobic exercise can play a role in the management and prevention of many of the conditions primary care physicians encounter on a daily basis—coronary artery disease, obesity, depression, and diabetes, to name a few. Dr Mersy reviews what every physician needs to know about the contributions of exercise to health.Keywords
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