CANBERRA: Sport in Australia is facing a crisis as childhood obesity threatens to diminish the pool of potential elite athletes, the head of the country’s top sports commission warned yesterday.
Mark Peters, chief executive of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), said the “couch potato” mentality of Australia’s youth needed to be addressed or Australia’s sporting prowess on the international stage was in jeopardy.
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