{"id":38,"date":"2021-05-11T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/?p=38"},"modified":"2021-05-20T09:49:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T08:49:43","slug":"willemvmechelen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/2021\/05\/11\/willemvmechelen\/","title":{"rendered":"PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF … EXERCISE AS MEDICINE"},"content":{"rendered":"
In “past, present, future”, we ask clinical or academic experts to reflect on selected Sports & Exercise Medicine topics. Today Willem van Mechelen on Exercise as Medicine.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

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Willem van Mechelen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Tell us more about yourself.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Former PE-teacher, now professor of occupational and sports medicine, Amsterdam and Texel, proud husband, father and grandfather, passionate about sports, physical activity and (public) health.<\/p>\n

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What was hip and happening 10 years ago?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Exercise is Medicine started to emerge after ACSM had set up EIM as a separate entity, followed in 2015 by Exercise is Medicine in Europe.<\/p>\n

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What are we doing now?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

We are now dedicatedly introducing EIM as part of the standard into primary, outpatient and clinical cure and care, for instance, through our LOFIT-project (www.lofitleefstijlloket.nl). However, in the absence of a billing title, this seems a bit like an uphill battle.<\/p>\n

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Where do you think we will be 10 years from now?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In part, driven by the awareness brought about by the current Covid-19 pandemic on the importance of a healthy lifestyle, EIM will have been widely embraced by the medical community and society.<\/p>\n

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Would you like to learn more on this topic? Here is a selection of publications on Exercise as Medicine in our journal.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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