{"id":804227,"date":"2026-10-16T07:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/804227\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T07:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:12:32","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\/uk\/804227\/","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\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNUGYxSzBRVEp2VURLQk95SGlfeGRqWTA3Zl9FcHhKWVV6VTRHczYxMHduQUFLU0xsTDFYSGZITGU1czFzWUcxeTQ1STZoQVFhYWVZM3U3cEFPUTg4WENBbmlpeGdRbWhDX0xMY21WbFBZVW9qUjJuX05uekJfUlFxMDRBck1LeWVQV0ladFozOTRodDM3ZDdXaUxBclhLcWhKRnZB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Higher CRF Tied to Lower Risks for Depression, Anxiety<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Medscape<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxNUWllLUVORWx1MEtldlNsdzQyUDNmd3FneTNVajRsV1RiYnhqakpvbUtiLV9JTzJPRkhhQkcwN3JJTlFiNjJZS1NKNGtpOUFZdllWcUtYT3E5VGE2U0FwVlFnQ2lhR0xOeGtvUWpYejBoRHBLenVLRWNrOC12cnFVd1ZhUDhPZ3lPSm56UVRNVkNTMG1ZLWFrLUFQc1lVd1U4RlZuMFQzV1NaYTBX?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Forgotten Remedy for Depression<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Psychology Today<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOUnZ5WVJaN09FSWxFOHd3TlRvUE95cFkwUHUxQ0d5Q2F6LUdGUWZGamdqVFN6anlqWWRPTnlJVkpJSkVPeEJaUTBTd0hJZjJ6cE9nWkJWRHpvNEd0blpuOEMxMzdDVmd1NmJySDgxV0RDdGI3bTVoVUhrdlkxYW1RZzJTMVE5RU1UazZMcUotc1JHdHJIWENEVF9tekhEQzlVY0NaN1FISGRvS2I1ZmQ5Tw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Childhood fitness may help lower depression risk later in life<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ConsumerAffairs<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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exercise treats depression as effectively as medication, but Canadian doctors rarely prescribe it&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarHigher CRF Tied to Lower&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[102,1906,6623,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-804227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}