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Doctors 'Not Telling Patients Benefits of Exercise': BMJ

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Doctors 'Not Telling Patients Benefits of Exercise': BMJ

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Medical Correspondent

6:30AM BST 28 Jul 2012

The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9432342/

Doctors-not-telling-patients-benefits-of-exercise-BMJ.html

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As the Olympics gets under way, they say much more emphasis should be

given to teaching medical student about how exercise can prevent - and

even help treat - chronic diseases including diabetes, heart disease and

cancer.

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Dr Weiler, a consultant in sports and exercise medicine at

University College London NHS Foundation Trust, and colleagues found only

half of Britains 31 medical schools taught students about current physical

activity guidance from the Chief Medical Officer.

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Five did not include specific teaching on exercise in their undergraduate

courses at all, according to results published in the British Journal of

Sports Medicine.

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On average, students spent 109 hours learning about pharmacology - but a

" negligible " 4.2 on physical activity.

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Dr Weiler said: This is lunacy. We throw money at teaching them about

drugs but not about how to prevent and treat chronic disease through

He added: Im sure there are an awful lot of doctors out there

that dont know that many forms of cancer are lifestyle related,

and that physical activity reduces your chances of developing

them, and improves your outcomes if you do. exercise.

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