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01/29/2008: "Low degree of fitness variable in races"

The more fit you are, the longer you're likely to live, according to a large study of veterans that applies to black men as well as white men. The Veterans Affairs researchers found that the "highly fit" men in the study had half the risk of death as those who were the least fit. Being "very highly fit" cut the risk even more, by 70 percent.

The research builds on what is already known about the benefits of exercise and fills in some gaps by addressing the effects of fitness in blacks.

[ I thought we were all supposed to be identical but colored differently, like products. ]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_on_he_me/fitness_death_risk