Fitness Medicine
by Hasan Sozen (ed.)
Publisher: InTech 2016
ISBN-13: 9789535127451
Number of pages: 154
Description:
Although fitness and health have similar properties, they are, in reality, two very different concepts. While health refers to the absence of diseases, fitness refers to the degree of body functioning and the ability of the body to handle physical demands. The more efficient the body functions, the higher the level of fitness.
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