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| | HDA: Effectiveness review: Effectiveness of physical activity promotion in primary care (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Physical activity is now accepted as a major contributor to good health and an increasingly important focus for health promotion. |
 | | Half an hour a day of physical activity, of at least a moderate intensity, helps to prevent and reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, obesity, osteoporosis, cancer of the colon and mild depression. |
 | | The review also raises important research and evaluation issues that will be of interest to academics, researchers and policy makers at both local and national levels. |
| www.hda-online.org.uk /html/research/effectivenessreviews/review14.html (1177 words) |
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