Publisher's Synopsis
"Exercise, Fitness, and Health" contains a consensus of current knowledge about the relationships among exercise, fitness and health. Eighty-seven scientists contribute 62 papers in which they analyze and summarize research in their respective disciplines.;The papers not only examine the cardiovascular implications of fitness and exercise, but also address a broad range of topics, including the relationships among exercise, fitness, and health as they pertain to physiology, gerontology, endocrinology, genetics, cardiology, psychology and Anthropology.;Physical educators, exercise scientists and sports medicine specialists should find this book of use in determining the state of research in their fields.
