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...more than $A1 million to train one of the 100 or so fighting men who make up each of its three regular, or Sabre, squadrons; they are experts in parachuting, deep-sea diving and waterborne assault, and can handle a variety of complex weapons with deadly skill. They are fit beyond belief, capable of roaming undetected deep behind enemy lines for weeks at time, living off the land while they gather intelligence or conduct guerrilla-style operations...
...problem with all such trends is that they often trivialize themselves into fads, easy to latch onto and easier to drop. Perhaps the key to the fat-and-fit movement is that there is no one key. In our effort to get healthy and look great, we have created an environment so hostile to the idea of obesity that overweight people have become marginalized, giving up on their well-being and sometimes failing to show up even for such routine tests as Pap smears and mammograms for fear of being hectored about their weight by their doctors...
...lure of fatty, sugary fast food--available even in school cafeterias these days--and you've got a generation that's less fit and more prone to obesity than any in history. In the late 1970s, about 7% of U.S. kids were classified as obese; by 2000 that percentage had doubled...
Americans didn't worry much about keeping fit 100 years ago. In those days 40% of the population was reaping and sowing, herding and mowing its way through life on preindustrial farms. In coastal cities, strong-shouldered stevedores were loading and unloading ships dawn to dusk without a container or stacking crane in sight. Builders, lumberjacks and railroad men drove nails or sawed wood with their muscles, not power tools. And for those doing the washing, cooking and scrubbing at home, life wasn't so dainty either. (Ever pick up one of those 8-lb. solid-metal weights that gave...
...this 21-page special report on getting America fit, TIME aims to address that imbalance. Why should we be concerned about fitness? Because as bad as it is to be overweight, it may be just as bad to be inactive. In fact, some health authorities believe it's worse. The health risks of obesity--diabetes, heart attack, high blood pressure and certain cancers, among others--are familiar to most Americans, but physical activity confers its own benefits "above and beyond what it can provide for weight control," says Harold Kohl, lead epidemiologist at the Physical Activity and Health Branch...