Young, old, and everything in between, everyone benefits from being physically fit. Regular exercise provides the strength, stamina, coordination, and flexibility that leads to happier, healthier, and longer lives. It helps reduce stress, improves self-image, and enhances performance--whether at work or in school. And physical fitness--whether competing against yourself or in team sports--teaches perseverance and sportsmanship, life lessons that are valuable whether you are 5 or 95.

With an increase in diabetes, asthma, hypertension, lower life expectancy, and other diseases correlated to a rise in childhood obesity and sedentary lifestyles, it is more important than ever for adults to model and children to learn healthy habits and to incorporate physical fitness into their daily lives. Indeed, the health and wellness of all age groups is enhanced if we are all part of GENERATION EXERCISE.