Rx for Health
There is an obesity epidemic in this nation. As a rural nurse, what are you doing personally and professionally to reverse this trend? It’s time for nurses to step forward and make a difference in our own health and in the health of others. Here’s a beginning prescription for health that can be appl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Rural Nurse Organization; Binghamton University
2004-06-01
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| Series: | Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care |
| Online Access: | https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/205 |
| Summary: | There is an obesity epidemic in this nation. As a rural nurse, what are you doing personally and professionally to reverse this trend? It’s time for nurses to step forward and make a difference in our own health and in the health of others. Here’s a beginning prescription for health that can be applied personally and professionally.
There are three factors that people need to incorporate into their fitness routine: 1). intensity (how hard you exercise); 2). frequency (how often you exercise); 3. duration (how long you exercise). Achieving a balance between these three factors will give the best results (Healthwise, 2001). |
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| ISSN: | 1539-3399 |