click for more- CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today: "Nearly one in five Americans from the age of 12 through 49 -- an estimated 16 million -- can't pass a simple physical fitness treadmill test, according to researchers here.
Alarmed by their data, which they reported in the Dec. 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Ph.D., and colleagues at Northwestern called for a public campaign to educate Americans about the dangers of poor physical fitness. Citing the dangers of cardiovascular disease for these out-of-shape individuals, the researchers urged a campaign similar to the one that informed the public about the dangers of cigarette smoking......"