Call to Action on Making Physical Activity Assessment and Prescription a Medical Standard of Care

Robert E Sallis1, Jason M Matuszak, Aaron L Baggish

  • 11Department of Family Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Fontana, CA; 2Chief of Sports Medicine, Excelsior Orthopaedics, Amherst, NY; 3Cardiovascular Performance Program, Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; 4Preventive Cardiology/Cardiac Rehab, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI; 5Dean, Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; 6University of North Florida School of Nursing; 7Associate Professor of Orthopedics & Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN; 8Medical Director, Community Health & Clinical Nutrition, Family Medicine & Sports Medicine, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT; 9Professor of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, Stanford Medical School, Director of Sports Medicine and Head Team Physician, Stanford Department of Athletics, Stanford, CA; 10Professor of Medicine and Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; 11President and CEO, American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY; 12Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences Director, Human Performance Lab, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville; 13Senior Program Manager, Population Health, Improving Health Outcomes, American Medical Association.

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