Why isn't a discussion of exercise a standard part of our annual physicals? It should be.
Unfortunately, medical training is focused more on treatment and medication than on prevention and lifestyle.
Most physicians aren't getting any training on the preventative aspects of health, and that includes exercise and nutrition.
Health care in general is a drug-oriented thing. Patients think it's easier to take a couple of pills every morning than to put in the effort to be active.
I'm not against medication or prescriptions. But no pharmaceutical drug can do what exercise does.
I've told my doctors, "I don't want to take a pill for something I can change." To me, exercise and nutrition should be the first line of defense.
But this won't happen without effort and commitment.