The 1996 Surgeon General's report on physical activity and health found that 60 percent of Americans were not regularly physically active.
Sources
- Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (archive.cdc.gov)
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/07/12/exercise-not-today-most-say/deb72786-7e7e-47f1-ab28-1f0c7e1b9db4/ (washingtonpost.com)
- https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/01.cir.94.9.2045 (ahajournals.org)
- https://slate.com/news-and-politics/1999/09/the-unequal-distribution-of-physical-fitness.html (slate.com)
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