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How to help patients make heart health changes: Q&A with Dr. Rakotz
Dietary and lifestyle changes are difficult to make. Once habits are formed, the effort that is required to change is often overwhelming for both patients and physicians. This week, Michael Rakotz, MD, director of chronic disease prevention with the AMA’s Improving Health Outcomes initiative, provides guidance from his own experience as a primary care physician on approaching heart healthy changes with patients. AMA Wire®: In our Twitter poll, the public thought 2:1 that exercise would benefit their heart health more than dietary changes. Why is that? Dr. Rakotz: It’s hard to know for sure why people voted this w...
Source: AMA Wire - September 29, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: amamod Source Type: news