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Steven N. Blair, PED

Arch Intern Med. 1997;157(2):153-154.

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There is a growing consensus that a fit and active way of life makes substantial contributions to health and function. Several recent reports^1-5 from scientific and public health groups underscore this point and conclude that physical inactivity is a major public health problem in the United States and many other countries. There is a general agreement in these various reports that moderate amounts and intensities of exercise provide important health benefits. For example, the Surgeon General's report¹ concludes that health can be improved by "becoming even moderately active on a regular basis." As Williams⁶ points out in his article in this issue of the ARCHIVES, some people, especially headline writers, take the recent public health recommendations for physical activity to mean there is no further benefit to be obtained from high levels of high-intensity exercise. Williams states in his discussion that these recommendations "deemphasize the importance of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Cooper Institute 12330 Preston Rd Dallas, TX 75230 This work was supported in part by research grants AG06945 from the National Institute on Aging and HL48597 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Md. We thank Melba Morrow, MA, for editorial assistance.

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