Introduction
According to (Littman, Boyko, McDonell, & Fihn, 2012, p. 1) an estimated 70% of veterans are overweight or obese, with a body-mass index (BMI) of 25.0 or more. To promote health and wellness for these veterans, the Veterans Administration (VA) created and issued a clinic-based weight management program, the MOVE! Program beginning in 2005. As we all know overweight or obesity contributes to a whole range of diseases such as coronary artery disease, diabetes, joint disorder, mental health problems and various pulmonary diseases. What a more fitting way to show our gratitude to the veterans by helping them reduce weight and, for this reason, improve their quality of life.
MOVE! Weight-Management Program
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Thirty minutes a day, five times a week is an easy goal to remember. Additionally, the (American College of Sports Medicine, 2011, p. 1359), advocated that the exercise prescription is best adjusted according to individual responses because of the considerable individual variability in the response to a program of exercise, and therefore exercise is beneficial only if a person engages in it. Not to mention, physical therapist act as a resource if the veterans require outpatient physical therapy service for reported musculoskeletal deficits that can impede participation to the MOVE! Weight-Management Program. Furthermore, six-minute walk test is performed to assess the performance-based measure of functional exercise capacity (American College of Rheumatology,
According to (Littman, Boyko, McDonell, & Fihn, 2012, p. 1) an estimated 70% of veterans are overweight or obese, with a body-mass index (BMI) of 25.0 or more. To promote health and wellness for these veterans, the Veterans Administration (VA) created and issued a clinic-based weight management program, the MOVE! Program beginning in 2005. As we all know overweight or obesity contributes to a whole range of diseases such as coronary artery disease, diabetes, joint disorder, mental health problems and various pulmonary diseases. What a more fitting way to show our gratitude to the veterans by helping them reduce weight and, for this reason, improve their quality of life.
MOVE! Weight-Management Program
"To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” …show more content…
Thirty minutes a day, five times a week is an easy goal to remember. Additionally, the (American College of Sports Medicine, 2011, p. 1359), advocated that the exercise prescription is best adjusted according to individual responses because of the considerable individual variability in the response to a program of exercise, and therefore exercise is beneficial only if a person engages in it. Not to mention, physical therapist act as a resource if the veterans require outpatient physical therapy service for reported musculoskeletal deficits that can impede participation to the MOVE! Weight-Management Program. Furthermore, six-minute walk test is performed to assess the performance-based measure of functional exercise capacity (American College of Rheumatology,