Zurich Citizens News, 1974-07-25, Page 17THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1974
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE 17
In these days of time and
effort saving appliances, esc-
alators replacing stairs and
automobiles replacing walking,
its little wonder that Canad-
ians are among the most unfit
people in the world. We have
all heard that the average 60
year old Swede is probably
fitter than the average 30 year
old Canadian. Another little
talked about comparison is that
American on the whole are
more fit than Canadians. Can-
adians were tested on Americ-
an Heart Association standards
of cardio -respiratory fitness
and it was found that 405 of
men and 475 of the woinen
tested had fitness levels which
could be classified as fair or
low. Women, generally are less
fit than men, with women in
the age.group 15-29 rating
lowest in that study.
As Federal Health Minister
Marc Lalonde stated, "The
end result of all •this shows an
overweight and inactive pop-
ulation. Our labour saving
devices, our automobiles, our
elevators and the use of tele-
vision as a substitute for physic-
al recreation are contributing
factors."
It is horrifying to think that, •
8010 of Canadians are complet-
ely inactive while 5CP/o, of Can-
adians are overweight in addit-
ion to being inactive. A study
carried out by Nutrition Canada
showed that overweight people
ate the same number of calor-
ies daily as people who maint-
ained their normal weight. The
reason some people gain weight
is that they lead inactive lives
and cannot utilize all the cal-
ories they consume which
eventually become stored in the
body as fat.
Too often in the past we have
tended to view health as the •
absence of disease, but in
reality health is much more
than that. A contributing factor
to a person's health is his or
her level of fitness. Physical
fitness reduces anxiety, .iinprove
the functioning of the cardio-
vascular system, and increases
productivity in a work situation.
Our Government is recognizing
these facts and is beginning to
investigate what its role should
be in promoting the health of
Canadian citizens.
In Ontario, the Provincial
Government has set up a Task
Force on Fitness to find out
what the Ministries should be
doing to promote individual
fitness. The Task Force was set
up under the auspices of the
Ministry of Health, but there
is representation from other
Ministries including Education
and Community and Social
Services. The Task Force
started its work two weeks ago
and is expected to make recom-
mendations to the Minister of
Health, Frank Miller, some
time in November.
Another Government group
concerned with fitness is the
Sports and Recreation Bureau,
in the Ministry of Community
and Social Services, which is
about to launch an extensive
new sports project. This Branch
is the major source of govern-
ment support for services to
sport in Ontario. Further grants
for approved recreation prog-
rams are paid to municipalit-
ies throughout Ontario. from
this Branch.
Another area that could use
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some attention from the Prov-
incial Government is fitness
in the schools. The Ministry
of Education should start plac-
ing more emphasis on making
sure that students are getting
the proper exercise from the
time they enter the school
system until the t ime they
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good exercise habits which will
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of the values•of fitness and its
contribution to the quality of
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education for teachers respons-
ible for fitness and health prog-
rams and also give higher prio-
rity in the curriculum to phys-
ical fitness and nutrition educ-
ation: Finally school boards
should increase their fitness
facilities for students and also
Snake these facilities available
to the community.
The Federal Government is
also involved i•n promoting fit-
ness, sport and physical recrea-
tion. The budget of the old fit-
ness and Amateur Sport Direct-
orate was raised to 17 million
this year, in keeping with the
greater emphasis being placed
on getting Canadians moving.
I feel that although the Fed-
eral and Provincial Govern-
ments have their contributions
to make in this area, it is
essentially up to us, as indiv-
iduals to run," walk, swim or do
anything that will get our
hearts pumping a little faster
and our lungs working a little
harder.
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