* For exercise:--70.8 million Americans walk.--60.3 million...
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* For exercise:
--70.8 million Americans walk.
--60.3 million swim.
--49.8 million bicycle.
--20.6 million run.
--11.5 million do step aerobics.
* Memberships in health, racquet and sports clubs have grown steadily in the last two years.
* Still, 58% of adults reported that they exercise sporadically or not at all.
* It is estimated that 24% to 30% of adults engage in no leisure-time physical activity.
* Sedentary lifestyles have been linked with obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and some cancers.
* One study estimates that health-care costs could be cut by $56 billion a year if just 10% of adults began a regular walking program.
Source: Vitamin Nutrition Information Service