A Study of the Air Force Physical Fitness and Health Program
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to investigate physical fitness attitudes and perceptions of military members in a sedentary work environment. People in the acquisition management career field assigned to Aeronautical Systems Division (ASD) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio were polled on their attitudes on health and fitness. Data was collected using a survey questionnaire that duplicated a Air Command and Staff College study done in 1988. This study focused on people in a non-physical working environment. The day-to-day routine did not include any useful aerobic activity. It was assumed that these people would not think fitness was as important as the people coming from a training environment. Generally, the ASD group was more polar than the training group. The ASD group was more likely to have a large percent of the people answer strongly agree and a significant number would have no opinion, while the training group would have a overall greater number of people who answered either agree or strongly agree with very few having no opinion. Even though the people in the sedentary working environment perceived fitness as important, they were less likely to take action to do anything about it. Theses.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA215574
Entities
People
- Joel M. Zejdlik
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology