OBSERVATIONS General Practitioners’ Barriers to Physical Activity Negatively Influence Type 2 Diabetic Patients’ Involvement in Regular Physical Activity

I t is widely accepted that physical ac-tivity is a central component of type 2diabetes management; HbA1c can be lowered by 0.6–0.8%, independent of changes in BMI and fat mass (1,2). How-ever, incorporating regular physical activ-ity into type 2 diabetes patients ’ daily lives remains challenging. General practi-tioners (GPs) are cited as the primary source of information influencing healthy lifestyle decisions, but few studies have evaluated whether GPs ’ perceived barriers toward physical activity affect physical activity uptake in diabetes patients (3). The objective of this study was to assess the associations between GPs ’ perceived barriers to prescribing physical activit