Doctors urged to offer 'exercise outdoors' prescriptions Doctors in England and Wales should offer overweight patients "green space" prescriptions to get them exercising outdoors, says the Local Government Association.
The prescriptions could provide free visits to national parks or gardening sessions at National Trust properties, for example.
A small number of GPs already do this.
The LGA says it needs to become universal policy to tackle the nation's obesity crisis. BBC News
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The prescriptions could provide free visits to national parks or gardening sessions at National Trust properties, for example.
A small number of GPs already do this.
The LGA says it needs to become universal policy to tackle the nation's obesity crisis. BBC News
See also:
- Prescribing exercise outdoors could reduce obesity, say councils Local Government Association
- Social prescribing can benefit patients but extra workload must not fall to GPs, says RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners
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