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Downloaded from / on May 15, 2017 - Published by Consensus statement Physical activity prescription: a critical opportunity to address a modifiable risk factor for the prevention and management of chronic disease: a position statement by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine Jane S Thornton,1 Pierre Frémont,2 Karim Khan,3 Paul Poirier,4 Jonathon Fowles,5 Greg D Wells,6 Renata J Frankovich7 1Western University, London, Author note This position statement has been endorsed by the following nine sport medicine societies: Ontario, Canada Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP), American Medical Society for Sports 2Dip Sport Med (CASEM), Laval University, Ville de Medicine (AMSSM), British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine (BASEM), European College of Sport Québec, Quebec, Canada Exercise Physicians (ECOSEP), Norsk forening for idrettsmedisin og fysisk aktivite (NIMF), South African 3University of British Columbia, Sports Medicine Association (SASMA), Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Sportmedizin/Swiss Society of Sports Vancouver, British Columbia, Medicine (SGSM/SSSM), Sport Doctors Australia (SDrA), Swedish Society of Exercise and Sports Medicine Canada (SFAIM), and CASEM. 4Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec and Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University, ABSTRACT Prescription of physical activity (PA) is a key Québec, Canada 5