TY - CHAP AU - Chulvi-Medrano Iván AU - Sanchis-Cervera José AU - Tortosa-Martínez Juan and Cortell-Tormo Juan Manuel ED - Hasan Sozen Y1 - 2016-10-26 PY - 2016 T1 - Exercise for Hypertension N2 - 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. The higher the level of fitness, the greater the chance of the body being free of diseases and maintaining a healthy state. BT - Fitness Medicine SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/65035 DO - 10.5772/65035 SN - 978-953-51-2745-1 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -