Green prescriptions: effective health promotion?

Richard Pringle

Green prescriptions: effective health promotion?

Richard Pringle

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Abstract

Moderate physical activity is recognised as a critical component of a healthy lifestyle. Yet national surveys highlight that many New Zealand adults remain essentially sedentary. To help encourage active living the Hillary Commisssion has recently launched an "exercise on prescription scheme", in which general practitioners prescribe physical activity for health. In this paper, I compare the operational structure of this scheme with accepted principles of effective health enhancement and models of health behaviour, and discuss the implications of the scheme's individualistic approach to activity promotion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-10
Number of pages	4
Journal	The Journal of Physical Education New Zealand
Volume	31
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH
exercise prescription
obesity
healthy lifestyle

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