Facts & Case Studies

Health Fact Sheets

The following documents are provided as general health advice. For more specific, personal advice please consult a medical practitioner.

• Exercise is Medicine Fact Sheets:
  - Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM)
  - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)
  - Parkinson's disease
  - Osteoporosis
  - Metabolic syndrome and exercise
  - Lower back pain – first / acute episode
  - Kidney disease
  - Hypertension and exercise
  - Falls in older people
  - Dyslipidaemia
  - Depression
  - Cystic fibrosis
  - Coronary heart disease (CHD)
  - Chronic pain
  - Chronic heart failure and exercise

• Women's Health and Fitness
• Exercise and Depression
• Cardiovascular Disease and Exercise
• Diabetes and Exercise
• The Collaboration of Exercise Physiologists and Dietitians in chronic disease management.
• ESSA Position Statement: Exercise & Cancer
• ESSA Position Statemen:t Exercise & Hypertension
• ESSA Position Statement: Exercise & Heart Failure
• ESSA Position Statement: Exercise Intensity
• ESSA Position Statement: Exercise & Asthma
• ESSA Position Statement: Exercise & Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee
• ESSA Position Statement: Preventing Falls in Older People
• ESSA - diabetes and exercise position statement

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Case Studies

• Sydney Harbour Bridge walk at 80!
• Living with Type 2 Diabetes