1959: Define ‘physical fitness’

Physical Training, No. 1 Convalescent Hospital, R.C.A.F., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, ca. October 1944

“The departmental committee set up to study this subject had found that, not only was a precise definition of physical fitness lacking, but that there was also a lack of direct factual evidence in regard to the relationships between physical exercise and general health.”

(Source: Dr. Watkinson, Dominion Council of Health minutes, 1959)

Photo credit: Canada. Dept. of National Defense/Library and Archives Canada/PA-065375