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Exercise is Medicine[TM].(MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
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AMAA Journal
- Article date:
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March 22, 2008
- Author:
- Jonas, Steven
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Most of us in the American Medical Athletic Association have believed the above statement for a long time. For many of us the concept is an important part of our professional work, whether in the clinical arena or in mine, the arena of population health (1). But where, you might ask, does the "TM" above come from? It comes from the recently announced new program of the American College of Sports Medicine and a number of associated organizations (the list is in negotiation and development) by that name: Exercise is Medicine[TM].
As the ACSM states on its website (2):
Our Vision [is] to make physical activity and exercise a standard part of a disease prevention and ...