It's got to be done. Reading The Physician and Sportsmedicine is a great place to start. A Prime Resource for Exercise Advocates .
Most patients are no busier than physicians, and they know it.
If you have time to exercise, so do they. You'll have to repeat yourself. But learn a few tricks for fitting exercise comfortably and inexpensively into daily life, and pass them on. Clip patient handouts on exercise. Hang posters about exercise in your office.