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Late 1970s: Cuban Ministry of Public Health Campaigns against Sedentarism

Cuba’s public health ministry launches an education campaign promoting physical fitness as part of an effort to combat negative health conditions associated with sedentary lifestyles. [Feinsilver, 1993, pp. 71]