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.