TY - CHAP AU - Arnulfo Ramos-Jiménez AU - Rebeca Chávez-Herrera AU - Aida S. Castro- Sosa AU - Lilia C. Pérez-Hernández AU - Rosa P. Hernández Torres AU - David Olivas-Dávila ED - Hasan Sozen Y1 - 2016-10-26 PY - 2016 T1 - Body Shape, Image, and Composition as Predictors of Athlete’s Performance 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. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/65034 DO - 10.5772/65034 SN - 978-953-51-2745-1 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-23 ER -