The Department of Endocrinology, 
Indigenous ways of encouraging physical activity.
- Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital & BRIDE, Karnal, India.
- Department of Diabetology, Chaitanya Cardio Diabetes Centre, New Delhi.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore (TN) -632004, India, and Non Communicable Disease Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 72 · Issue 10 · pp. 2115-2116
PMID 36661011 DOI 10.47391/jpma.22-101
Cite This Article
Sanjay Kalra, Hitesh Punyani, Nitin Kapoor. Indigenous ways of encouraging physical activity. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2022;72(10):2115-2116. doi:10.47391/jpma.22-101
Abstract
While guidelines recommend 30 to 60 minutes of physical activity daily, in order to manage diabetes or lose weight, it is difficult to motivate patients to do so. A wide variety of factors, ranging from biomedical (metabolic and musculoskeletal) to psychological and social, contribute to this. This communication describes socially accepted indigenous forms of physical activity, exercise and sports, which are easy to initiate and sustain. This information empowers physicians and other health care professionals to encourage lifestyle modification in a person-centred, community-oriented manner.
Keywords
- Exercise
- Lifestyle modification
- Obesity
- Physical activity
- Sports
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes.
