European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 15 fitness and people who exercise regularly have the ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor and without undue and with ample Energy to enjoy Leisure time pursuits and to meet unforeseen it increases muscle tone and motor it increases endurance and the ability to it creates a sense of reduces stress and people who exercise regularly survive heart attacks and strokes More often than those who it May add life to the years but not years to the a lot of it is personal says Roger chief of safes aerospace Medicine there is a Bank of but it is running guru Jim for died at 53 while talk about Fixx had Little body Good no bad habits like drinking or a healthy but did it help who knows Fixx had a bad and refused bypass some experts say running prolonged his others and then theres the woman nearing her 75th everybody knows somebody like her smokes like a Chimney and drinks like a Shes never been sick a Day in her what is physical fitness Landry in not sure youll get a precise but health and longevity Are not related to physical its difficult to Landry and others Are equally supportive based on gut common observation and treating patients that exercise has benefits and should not be that message has eluded too Many especially the nations according to a recent Telephone Survey in the less than 20 percent of americans Between 18 and 65 years old exercise to 60 percent of their capacity for at least 20 minutes at least three times a the presidents fitness Council reports that of 18 million youngsters who took the 1984 presidential fitness 2 or received sixty four percent of children 6 through 17 qualify As healthy and one out of six 10yearold boys could not do one also according to the the Navy says that hell Nikon Abs Fita Athens pantheon 37 percent of its officer candidates fail their initial fitness it seems America is raising a generation of unhealthy destined for heart disease along with their unhealthy adult exercise May not be the but nobody advises they say that heart disease is not an inevitable consequence of old age and the risks can be perhaps the most important Factor is parents with bad hearts Send genetic messages to their if youve got Good youre All said Robert director of Hospital services for the air Force Hospital at genes the biggest factors leading to heart disease Are High blood smoking High Levels of obesity and minimizing these experts most Likely will prevent heart disease and prolong theres a certain genetic input to All of us that might protect us or were All playing the but Why take the Chance says army Leslie a health fitness consultant for the 7th medical and that where exercise comes while it plays no role in some of these it May moderate people who smoke Are committing slow suicide and exercising cant overcome the damage to people who eat fatty foods which generate cholesterol Are bad although to some extent exercise changes the fat in our in some exercise is used to moderate High blood obese people cant get into shape simply by counting said Sandra chief of clinical dietetics at the air Force Hospital at they must besides burning up calories in exercise helps increase the rate of the body burning of some people seem to gain weight by looking at others eat All they want and stay metabolisms Are like Murray there not moderate and regular exercise seems to decrease improves mood and reduces All important factors in an Soldier or Sailor who gains the physical fitness that regular exercise offers is More More flexible in handling assignments that come his Way and More ready in Case of military doctors people who Are physically fit Are More productive in what they do with their there More in a lot of it comes Down to dollars and Gilmore and the importance of exercise to reducing stress should not be laughed at in the says army Calvin a social work officer with the 7th medical the Paradox is How Long can you do the Mission if you stress out or stress out the people around he Neptune said its not enough to get Active just at test this Type of sporadic activity or dieting int enough to make a person physically and unrealistic expectations such As having to lose 15 pounds in a week to meet weight limits Are doomed to there is no magic diet to losing no one can take off Many pounds safely and keep them off without a moderate people come in and say Ive got to lose 10 pounds in one Murray All you can say is which leg do you want Cut off exercise and diet have to be done for positive to feel Treyve got to be part of Overall lifestyle theres got to be a a goal in if youre doing it for a negative Neptune going to americana Are embracing aerobic and dancing with a
