About this episode

This episode discusses the integration of exercise into healthcare as a necessary strategy to combat global inactivity and rising healthcare costs.

We're exploring how to integrate exercise into healthcare as “exercise is medicine,” featuring Graham Meland, founder and CEO of Active Sport Advisory. Learn in this episode why fitness integration is now non-negotiable amid a global inactivity epidemic, aging populations, and unsustainable healthcare costs, then focus on key barriers: financial incentives, lack of physician training/confidence in prescribing exercise, and limited measurability when services aren’t billable. Send ...

People in this episode

Host: Aesha Tahir

Guest: Graham Meland

Topics covered

• exercise as medicine
• healthcare integration
• global inactivity epidemic
• aging populations
• healthcare costs
• barriers to exercise prescription

Keywords

• exercise prescription
• healthcare strategy
• fitness integration
• financial incentives
• physician training
• measurability
• global health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Active Sport Advisory

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