UK government endorses national exercise regime
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《英国医生杂志》
The British government抯 top medical adviser has recommended that adults have 30 minutes of physical activity, five days a week, to maintain general health and reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.
Professor Liam Donaldson, the chief medical officer, made the recommendation in a new report, At Least Five a Week, which gathers medical evidence on the impact of physical activity and health.
"We need to combat the couch potato culture, and this means building moderate everyday physical activity into our lives," Professor Donaldson said.
He cited figures from the World Health Organization indicating that physical inactivity contributes to 23% of cardiovascular disease, 17% of colon cancer, 15% of cases of type 2 diabetes, 13% of stroke, and 11% of breast cancers.
The two key recommendations in the report are that adults do at least 30 minutes a day of moderate intensity activity on five or more days a week and that children and young people do at least 60 minutes every day. Examples of moderate physical activity include walking, playing golf, mowing the lawn, painting and decorating, and cycling.
"We can抰 expect everybody to be super-athletes—the point of the report is to get the country on the move," Professor Donaldson said. "The principal message is that people shouldn抰 be daunted by this target."
The report was warmly welcomed by Alison Giles, associate director at the National Heart Forum.
"What we have lacked to date is an authoritative account of the health benefits of physical activity on which to confidently base interventions for individuals and the population as a whole," she said.
"The chief medical officer has provided general practitioners and the wider NHS workforce with the much needed evidence they need to address physical activity, not just as helpful advice but instead as a legitimate, highly effective treatment option for their patients."
The contents of the report are likely to feed into proposals for legislative change in a white paper on public health that the government plans to produce in the summer. "This evidence will be used to drive and design programmes of action at all levels," Professor Donaldson said. "There is already a lot of work going on across government."(London Stephen Pincock)
Professor Liam Donaldson, the chief medical officer, made the recommendation in a new report, At Least Five a Week, which gathers medical evidence on the impact of physical activity and health.
"We need to combat the couch potato culture, and this means building moderate everyday physical activity into our lives," Professor Donaldson said.
He cited figures from the World Health Organization indicating that physical inactivity contributes to 23% of cardiovascular disease, 17% of colon cancer, 15% of cases of type 2 diabetes, 13% of stroke, and 11% of breast cancers.
The two key recommendations in the report are that adults do at least 30 minutes a day of moderate intensity activity on five or more days a week and that children and young people do at least 60 minutes every day. Examples of moderate physical activity include walking, playing golf, mowing the lawn, painting and decorating, and cycling.
"We can抰 expect everybody to be super-athletes—the point of the report is to get the country on the move," Professor Donaldson said. "The principal message is that people shouldn抰 be daunted by this target."
The report was warmly welcomed by Alison Giles, associate director at the National Heart Forum.
"What we have lacked to date is an authoritative account of the health benefits of physical activity on which to confidently base interventions for individuals and the population as a whole," she said.
"The chief medical officer has provided general practitioners and the wider NHS workforce with the much needed evidence they need to address physical activity, not just as helpful advice but instead as a legitimate, highly effective treatment option for their patients."
The contents of the report are likely to feed into proposals for legislative change in a white paper on public health that the government plans to produce in the summer. "This evidence will be used to drive and design programmes of action at all levels," Professor Donaldson said. "There is already a lot of work going on across government."(London Stephen Pincock)