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Getting Physical: Canada's Fitness Movement
In the 1970s, Canadians went from couch potatoes to super jocks. Well, not quite. But at least during that decade they did start to get up and get fit. It was thanks to nagging TV ads, the example of an active prime minister and embarrassment compared to some very robust Swedes. But the nagging hasn't been entirely successful. Thirty years later the average Canadian is still overweight and spends more time on the sofa than at the gym.		Educational activities about Getting Physical: Canada's Fitness Movement

	Exercise is for kids		5 Basic eXercises		Committing armchair suicide
	In 1958 most adults don't exercise and children with "TV legs" fail fitness tests. (Radio; runs 11:53)		RCAF exercises performed for 11 minutes a day are ideal for both the champion athlete and the modern housewife. (Radio; runs 5:29)		The sudden death rate climbs as lazy Canadians sit in front of the boob tube, experts say. (TV; runs 8:39)

	A Swedish land of fitness		Cops get fit		Addicted to fitness
	A Stockholm professor says Canadians are in bad shape. (Radio; runs 1:56)		In 1975, police recruits get physical. (TV; runs 7:45)		A woman exercising at a Montreal fitness club is addicted to the gym. (Radio; runs 3:58)

	Mandatory fitness in Manitoba		Eggleton sweats to '80s pop		Baby boomers' bad habits
	A Manitoba high school makes daily exercise compulsory. (TV; runs 1:20)		Politicians join in a nation-wide exercise competition. (TV; runs 1:54)		Baby boomers' babies have bad habits just like their parents. (TV; runs 1:20)

	ParticipACTION packing it in?
	Government cuts mean the non-profit fitness agency may have to call it quits. (TV; runs 2:44)

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