A new report by UFV’s Dr. Iris Lesser and Ms. Navdeep Rai, BKin, The Utility of Physician Referred Outdoor Physical Activity for South Asian Women, examines how outdoor group-based physical activity—recommended by a physician and carried out with other South Asian women—may be an opportunity to improve physical activity in a community that reports low levels of physical activity and is also uniquely affected by higher rates of diabetes and heart disease.
The report also highlights the literature behind the project and information about the collaboration, participants and challenges.
Dr. Lesser and Ms. Rai collaborated with with the Divisions of Family Practice, the CHASI Hub at UFV and the City of Abbotsford Recreation, Parks and Culture to create the project.