03.26.2009 12:48 pm
Exercise is Medicine website launches today
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wow. Weird timing. Today’s new STL Health section contains my story, Rx for exercise offers cheap steps toward health. It’s about how more doctors are writing detailed prescriptions for exercise as preventive medicine rather than as just part of rehabilitative programs. And today, the American College of Sports Medicine, in conjunction with CocaCola, launched a new website, Exercise is Medicine. Their vision is to “make physical activity and exercise a standard part of a disease prevention and treatment medical paradigm in the United States.
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Cindy Billhartz Gregorian is a features reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She has reported for the Healthy & Fit section since its first issue. She's a distance runner with seven marathons under her belt. 
