Although exercise is often purported as beneficial to health and physicians are encouraged to promote it, many are unfamiliar with the current data highlighting exercise as preventative medicine and as a result are unable to provide adequate health promotion in this way. This quiz is meant to test your individual knowledge of the complications of inactivity, the benefits of exercise, and the current American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommendations physicians should be prescribing to their patients based on the Exercise is Medicine Initiative.
≥30 min·d on ≥5 d·wk for a total of ≥150 min·wk of moderate-intensity cardiorespiratory exercise training
None
≥30 min·d on ≥3 d·wk (≥75 min·wk) of low-intensity cardiorespiratory exercise training
A combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity exercise to achieve a total energy expenditure of >1000 MET·min·wk
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A physiologic measure of the energy cost of physical activity
The amount of oxygen consumed while sitting at rest
1 MET = 3.5 ml O2 x kg body weight x min.
A means of expressing the intensity and energy expenditure of activities in a way comparable among persons of different weight.
All of the above
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Less healthy patients should NOT perform resistance training.
There is no difference.
Less healthy individuals should NOT perform moderate and/or vigorous intensity exercise.
Less healthy individuals should only perform low intensity exercise.
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Brisk walking for 30 mins, 3 times a week
Resistance exercises for each of the major muscle groups on 2-3 days per week
Vigorous-intensity cardiorespiratory exercise training for ≥20 min per day on 3 or more days per week
Both B and C
Low-intensity cardiorespiratory exercise training for ≥60 min per day on 2 or more days per week
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>6
7-11
12-16
17-20
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>1000 MET·min·wk
≥500-1000 MET·min·wk
≥250-500 MET·min·wk
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90%
40%
25%
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Slightly familiar
Somewhat familiar
Moderately familiar
Extremely familiar
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15%
90%
Not comfortable at all
Slightly comfortable
Somewhat comfortable
Very comfortable
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50% of the time
>50% of the time
100% of the time
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