Major Cardiac Risk Factor Screening and The Role of Exercise in Preventing CHD - Video

Reviews the eight major cardiac risk factors facing all individuals. Explains how health/fitness professionals can screen prospective clients for CHD and also how health/fitness professionals can properly address CHD screening data with their clients before initiating an exercise program. Covers why screening is necessary, how to conduct CHD risk assessment for pre-exercise screening, why screening can reduce legal liability for professionals and their facilities, the major and minor CHD risk factors and how to evaluate the level of "total risk" in pre-exercise screening. By Alfred F. Morris, Ph.D., FACSM, Health Improvement and Physical Fitness Director for the U.S. Border Patrol. 47 minutes. Copyright 2002.