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The article discusses efforts taken to reduce chronic diseases in Canada, and talks of organization Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC), diseases include cancer, diabetes and respiratory, and role health care professional in medical care and creating awareness of the risk.

The article discusses a study conducted by the Canadian national statistical agency Statistics Canada on the link between chronic illness and behavioral practices as of 2014. Topics covered include the decline in smoking rates at 18.1%, the increase in obesity at 21.8% for males and 18.7% for females and the decline in physical activity with 53.7%. Also mentioned are various events such as Walk With Your Doc, Be Active Every Day and the implementation of the ParticipACTION report card.

The article emphasizes the need for adults to encourage children to be physically active. It discusses the 2014 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report, which revealed that only seven percent of five to 11-year-old kids in Canada perform 60 minutes of physical activity everyday. It also cites the initiatives launched to promote physical activity among children in Canada.

In this article, the author opines on the role of physicians in British Columbia (BC) in promoting physical activity among their patients. He discusses benefits of physical activity for chronic diseases, and depression patients, May 10, 2014 designated by the World Health Organization to draw awareness on being physically active, and exercise prescription pads in which physicians can write an exercise prescription for patients. He also discusses the Canadian guidelines for physical activity.

The author argues that doctors should serve as role model when promoting physical activity to their patients in line with the Think Again campaign of Participaction to help children and youth stay active to prevent childhood obesity. Information is presented on the rate of childhood obesity in Canada. A list of the actions taken by the British Columbia Medical Association (BCMA) to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity is provided.