!!!Fitness-Bewegung

Fitness Movement: The fitness movement developed in the USA in the 
early 1950s in an attempt to counteract the effects of lack of 
physical exercise combined with overeating and an excessively rich 
diet. In Austria the movement was initiated in 1970 by the 
establishment of the Fitness Committee of the Oesterreichische 
Bundes-Sportorganisation; since then, annual sports events have been 
organised: a "fitness run" and "fitness hike" on the occasion of the 
Austrian National Holiday (October 26), a "national cross-country 
skiing event" (since 1973) national day of cycling tours (since 1977). 
Additional events are organised by private and public institutions.

!Literature
H. Ertl (ed.), "Sport fuer alle" in Oesterreich, 
1984.


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