Table 1.

Recommendations for physical activities for the patients in primary care

Recommendations
1.	Primary care physicians should frequently check on the amount of physical activity performed by the patients and encourage physical activities.
2.	Educate patients to perform the following physical activities:
	1)	Move as much as possible and avoid sedentary activities.
	2)	For substantial health benefits, adults should perform at least 150–300 min/wk of moderate-intensity, 75–150 min/wk of vigorous-intensity, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity aerobic activity. Preferably, aerobic activity should be spread throughout the week. Additional health benefits are gained by engaging in physical activity beyond the equivalent of 300 minutes (5 hours) of moderate-intensity physical activity per week.
	3)	Adults should also perform muscle-strengthening exercises of moderate or greater intensity that involve all major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week, as these activities provide additional health benefits.
	4)	Guidelines for the elderly (aged 65 years or older) are as follows:
		(1)	The key guidelines for adults also apply to the elderly patients depending on their condition.
		(2)	Balance training and fall prevention exercises should be performed more than 3 times a week
		(3)	Older adults should determine their level of effort for physical activity relative to their level of fitness.
	5)	Guidelines for children and adolescents
		Patients should perform 60 minutes or more of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily with the following distribution:
		(1)	Aerobic: Most of the daily activity should be either moderate-or vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity and should also include vigorous-intensity physical activity on at least 3 d/wk.
		(2)	Muscle-strengthening: Children and adolescents should include muscle-strengthening physical activity as part of their 60 minutes or more of daily activity on at least 3 days a week.
		(3)	Bone-strengthening: Children and adolescents should include bone-strengthening physical activity on at least 3 days a week.
3.	Warming up and cooling down exercises are recommended in the pre- and post-exercise period, respectively.
4.	If patients have chronic diseases, they must engage in physical activity, as outlined above; however, the following considerations should be kept in mind:
	1)	Regular physical activity is crucial to maintaining health and preventing cardiovascular disease complications.
	2)	Patients must consult their physician and work out safely according to their fitness level.