Exercise Patterns and Effect on Mortality - Frankly Speaking Ep 315

Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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Overview: A recent publication shows that being a “weekend warrior” exerciser provides the same benefit to mortality risk as spreading the physical activity out across the week. Listen to this podcast to hear the data from this study and to optimally counsel your patients on how to lower their mortality risk through physical activity.

Episode resource links:

• Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd Edition.; 2018. https://health.gov/paguidelines/second-edition/pdf/Physical_Activity_Guidelines_2nd_edition.pdf.
  dos Santos M, Ferrari G, Lee DH, et al. Association of the “Weekend Warrior” and Other Leisure-time Physical Activity Patterns With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Nationwide Cohort Study. JAMA Intern Med.2022;182(8):840–848. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2488

Guest: Jillian Joseph, MPAS, PA-C
Music Credit: Richard Onorato