The big question I have is why is physical fitness and good nutrition something that frum people are failing in. The reality is that if you walk around to a typical shul you will see at least 60% of the people obese and 85% overweight. There isn’t a doctor in the world that will say these are good.
Why are we as communities not encouraging fitness more? We do all sorts of chesed but when it comes to this no one really makes the effort.
For example – if every shul organizes a maos chitim campaign and arranges for bikur cholim meals when it’s mispallelim are sick or whatever, then why shouldn’t we be pushing inter shul basketball games or frum excercise team programs?