[Social history of the relationship between physical activity and health prevention from 1960 to 1980].

The trajectory of SPA as a health factor underwent a major change in the mid-1960s, by emerging from the strictly scientific field to become a general public approach to the prevention of cardiovascular disease. In the context of an epidemiological paradigm comprising risk factors likely to increase the probability of developing this type of disease, the medical community worked to enhance the practical application of the idea that SPA is a legitimate solution to address this issue. In France, cardiologists of the French Federation of Cardiology became the legitimate leaders in this field. .