{
  "abstract": "Although physical activity (PA) and exercise are effective treatment options for different chronic diseases (class I recommendation, level of evidence A), 1 the implementation of these interventions in healthcare systems is still limited.1 2 Thus, their role and impact on individual and population health continue to be neglected. These low-cost treatment options are underused in clinical practice settings, partially because of a combination of a lack of awareness, insufficient knowledge and medical training to foster PA and exercise prescription,2 inadequate medical infrastructure and in some countries non-reimbursement for this treatment option. However, demographic (ie, the ageing population) and epidemiologic (ie, lifestyle-related disease) changes, as well as limited financial, logistical and professional resources, require current healthcare systems to undergo a paradigm shift, where PA and exercise are routinely prescribed. But are medical schools preparing future clinicians for PA interventions and exercise prescription? This editorial is a call to go beyond the acute, curative and care-centred approaches by strengthening preventive medicine with PA and exercise as cost-effective treatment modalities.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sports and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy",
        "Sports and Exercise Medicine Division, Alto Adige Health Agency, Bolzano, Alto Adige/South Tyrol, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Daniel Neunhaeuserer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Irfan Asif"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Family Medicine, Center for Sports Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Jonathan A Drezner"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands"
      ],
      "name": "Willem van Mechelen"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sports and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Emiliano Scettri"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sports Medicine Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University, Rome, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Vincenzo Palmieri"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sports and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy",
        "Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi eCampus, Novedrate, Lombardy, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Marco Vecchiato"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Mark Stoutenberg"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sports and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Francesca Battista"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sports and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Andrea Ermolao"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Need to train clinicians for physical activity and exercise interventions: a call to action",
  "uid": "66a7d4ef-6b5e-5788-b8dd-343e1dcaee25"
}