![]() Fitness is a lifetime commitment, not a sprint to a finish line. Do you want to improve your fitness, lose weight, train for a competition or do a combination of these? Your answer will help determine the appropriate level of exercise intensity.īe realistic and don't push yourself too hard, too fast. Gradually build up to a moderate or vigorous intensity.Ĭonsider your reasons for exercising. Start at a light intensity if you're new to exercising. Overdoing it can increase your risk of soreness, injury and burnout. ![]() For weight loss, the more intense or longer your activity, the more calories you burn.īalance is still important. Your exercise intensity must generally be at a moderate or vigorous level for maximum benefit. Aim to do a single set of each exercise, using a weight or resistance level heavy enough to tire your muscles after about 12 to 15 repetitions. Consider free weights, weight machines or activities that use your own body weight - such as rock climbing or heavy gardening. Do strength training for all major muscle groups at least twice a week. Some physicians have figured out how to incorporate that data, but the vast majority still haven’t.Even small amounts of physical activity are helpful, and accumulated activity throughout the day adds up to provide health benefits. "And when we went back and we looked at why, the physicians gave the same reasons the patients gave: cost, too difficult to use, what is this data going to be used for and how does it interact with my systems? A Fitbit’s great, an Apple Watch is great, but I don’t know how to use that data. "Nearly 70 percent aren’t recommending " DeMaria said. Just 20 percent cited the patient-generated data such a device would provide. Of those who did, 67 percent said the biggest benefit of wearables was motivating individuals to follow a treatment plan. This could simply be a result of that cohort being younger and less experienced, DeMaria noted.Īcross the board, only 31 percent of physicians said they recommended wearable devices to their patients. On the provider side, millennial doctors were the least likely to report being generally able to tell if their patients were engaged. "They consume content differently than all other individuals." ![]() "Millenials are not likely to engage until they need to do so, but once they’re ready we need to be ready for them," Jamie DeMaria, SVP of education at Medscape, said. Millennials were among the least comfortable talking to their doctors and were less likely to know when to call their doctor. Boomers and Silents were most likely to proactively bring information to their doctors. Baby Boomers were the most likely to follow a prescribed treatment plan. Some general findings were also interesting. They found different generations used portals differently: By and large, Silents used only a few features, checking labs and ordering prescription refills, while Millennials used a broad range but were most likely to use it to check benefits and coverage. The survey, and a companion survey of 195 clinicians, looked at four distinct generational groups: Silents, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. " If the doctor recommends that they register for the portal, not the administrative person, but the doctor themself makes the recommendation, it’s nearly 100 percent uptake," Hoffman said. That is, the greatest predictor of patient portal use was whether the patient's doctor recommended it. That same trend, of patients being more likely to engage in a behavior with a doctor recommendation, held for patient portals across all generations. What’s the opportunity here? The implication is that Millennials might benefit from free devices and the older generations, if the doctor says to them, this might be helpful for you, they’ll do it." "On the other end of the spectrum, the Silent Generation says the reason they don’t is because a doctor hasn’t recommended it. ![]() " Millennials were more likely to select cost as their reason for not wearing their devices," Christina Hoffman, VP Quality and Strategy at Medscape said during her presentation. But younger and older respondents gave very different reasons for why they don't use these tools. Millennials and Silents (the generation born prior to 1942) are the least likely generations to use tech tools like wearable fitness trackers, according to a survey of 2,600 WebMD users, presented today at HIMSS16 in Las Vegas. ![]()
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