Overview
Regular physical activity and proper nutrition remain the most highly recommended avenues to maintaining long-term health. Physical fitness has proven to help prevent, delay, or relieve certain diseases, both physical and mental, and provides benefits to people of all ages.
What's New
A second edition of this successful 2012 title, the two volume Gale Encyclopedia of Fitness (GEOF) is a comprehensive and easy-to-use reference source with a collection of fitness topics ranging from sports, body systems, the body's reaction to physical fitness, and exercise activities to diseases and conditions, treatments, fitness tests, and other health-related issues pertaining to exercise and fitness.
