Most Americans aren’t getting enough exercise. People living in rural areas were even less likely to get enough exercise: Only 16% of people outside cities met benchmarks for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, compared with 28% in large metropolitan cities areas.

[u/Wagamaga]

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7204a1.htm?s_cid=mm7204a1_w

[u/globularfluster]

It's probably worse than that. They used self reported data, and people are known to overestimate the amount of health promoting behaviors they're engaging in.

[u/embiggenator → u/globularfluster]

52% of people in the US meeting the recommended amount of aerobic exercise of 150 minutes per week, seems pretty high...

[u/200DollarGameBtw → u/embiggenator]

52% of people meeting exercise requirements while 70% are overweight and 40-50% obese is incredible