What Are The Major Obstacles To Fitness?

One factor is obesity, and a high saturated-fat diet. When rich foods are consumed in abundance, body fat accumulates—half of the adults in the United States are overweight. But much more serious are the unseen fatty deposits, particularly those that build up in the walls of the heart's coronary arteries. Blockage of a vital artery often leads to a fatal heart attack.
Watching one's diet, therefore, is apparently essential to physical fitness, and reduces chances of heart attack. Remember, visible fat likely means that inside the body fatty deposits are accumulating in arteries, dangerously narrowing them. So avoid excess weight! It may be advisable, too, to limit or exclude the eating of foods deep-fried in animal fat, as well as to utilize as a generous source of nutrition vegetables, fruits, melons and cereals.
Another factor contributing to reduced fitness is believed to be today's high-speed, tension-producing way of life. Previous generations did not live at the accelerated pace at which people do today, with the sense of time urgency, the tremendous competitiveness, and the latent hostility. Although the effects of this are difficult to measure, some experts believe it is a primary factor in the horrendous increase of coronary heart disease.