Exercise is Medicine

5. – Disease prevented and managed by regular exercise
6. – A barrier where U.S. society often sees medicine as a pill, not a workout
7. – Mental health condition exercise can help reduce
10. – Principle used to write exercise prescriptions: Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type
12. – Local parks, gyms, and schools can support health through this collective role
13. – Exercise improves mood, sleep, and this daily resource that helps us focus
14. – Unit used to measure energy expenditure during physical activity
16. – A type of exercise ACSM recommends 2+ days per week for muscle strength
19. – One chronic disease linked to sedentary lifestyles
20. – Stretching improves this component of fitness, allowing better range of motion
23. – ACSM has called physical inactivity this level of crisis
24. – A global health initiative encouraging doctors to prescribe exercise like medicine
25. – The “T” in FITT that tells what kind of exercise is done

1. – The “F” in the FITT principle — how often exercise is done
2. – Behavior defined as ≤1.5 METs in a sitting or reclining posture
3. – One major barrier: even when people know it’s healthy, they lack this drive to keep going
4. – Exercise lowers this common condition: high blood pressure
8. – A sedentary habit that includes sitting for hours watching TV, gaming, or scrolling
9. – Organization that sets exercise guidelines and co-founded Exercise is Medicine®
11. – Why Exercise is Medicine focuses on exercise as a first step, not just treatment
15. – One major barrier: some families cannot afford gyms or safe places to be active
17. – Exercise should be recorded like blood pressure or heart rate
18. – The “T” in FITT that tells how long you exercise
21. – The “I” in the FITT principle — how hard exercise is performed
22. – Partner organization with ACSM that launched Exercise is Medicine® in 2007