{"id":630723,"date":"2026-10-14T21:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630723\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T21:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:02:32","slug":"exercise-treats-depression-as-effectively-as-medication-but-canadian-doctors-rarely-prescribe-it-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630723\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise treats depression as effectively as medication, but Canadian doctors rarely prescribe it &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowJBVV95cUxPOGdxUkU4REtncEhrQ0tnWWVEY0Zjb1NZcmwySmRMSjlnLWFhM2NNdUJYSE0yQ3p0N2ptMUhxeDN3bHkwLTVRNzRmWG55UUhIVGt3N2V4RTgxSGNDY2lsZTNzaFRaN0NTRW0xWG54T0VPbmR3MFdaYzI1eTFnUmswWXllNzZDSHplbWxUeXBiVWhmVEVNQUdTTE5JUFV1NC1lSzBtbjF5NlllSWRfNlpTUWJQWHVUbThyRGM5UThDbWEwZ0NYRGt2NzdOTGNIME5tNFhfNlFBLVZTcXF4VU9HcU5KRHJlR0wzbFgxdU9pazB4VzJtT1Fxc0E1Rk1uZWhWZFBYU3hyOVNPQWRyT1UzUGNvdzNrR3VVbDVfUWpBUllLRHM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Exercise treats depression as effectively as medication, but Canadian doctors rarely prescribe it<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxQeHZLVktTMzJPalhsaFRMVnhKYzdUYTQ2VjJrVUgwVmhSYWxxWnZRclEtX2d3MUxnY3hadUpnYzI3RnZscjdWQ1VLTE9GUVpvbTBsYkxkNlI3RUk5NmFvS0xTSXFzZ05YQzBLSzlLd0tBa2ZWcHB2TVpabmJxNFJzNVlwVk9RZFJIRDFzd1hhd080Q2JucmJlYnhHNHFwUTE5RkhSTnIyVThBU2R3MmQ5VzhwX0IyckVzaGllQkRqVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Can Exercise Attenuate Genetic Vulnerability to Depression?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Psychology Today<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxPZU5DbFp6S19kMWZua0dyRzFzSDJsWnVLTkE5eVd3cG9hWGlHcFZ6d0N3NnJFc2w5MUY3ZVlvdlFyOVQxbnBYcVpKc0xRVElMTnpZRTZkZlN0cEh2UGVqSjI2OWxRLWZFVmg5dUlsMUY0dm9VOEg0X09xS3JUUGpEZVd0Wl8zelZmaXg2T09HMDlDNXV0dGRReGw1LWUzSUlQbF9NcVRTaU9XU0sxRzlwRDdTYmtkQVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A 23,000-Person Study Found This Link Between Exercise &amp; Depression<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MindBodyGreen<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxQMmEyYjVncmdCaXl3RHFfRThfMnZ1NTZEY2kxU1ZIcTBrWlVodWpPNEk3SVFaOG9HSDl0VE1EVHFBVWMtS1R5emZ1OV8xLUtuYnJ3RUMxZktTaXNaWTVhbXVMVVk2aXFhaUd5U0VOOTItelBnSmZjNTNPb3lkd1cwWDhHaWhSWnZRVXg0dg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Physical activity weakens link between genetic risk and depression severity, long-term data suggest<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Medical Xpress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exercise treats depression as effectively as medication, but Canadian doctors rarely prescribe it&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarCan Exercise Attenuate Genetic Vulnerability&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-630723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}