Understanding fitness: how exercise fuels health and fights disease

Historical exercise traditions from a health perspective / James Whorton

Cardiovascular health benefits / Matthew N. Bartels

Pulmonary health benefits / Jason E. Frankel and Nicholas S. Hill

Strength training health benefits / Daniel Dodd and Brent Alvar

Flexibility health benefits / Jason E. Frankel

Functional training health benefits / Jeffrey C. Ives and Betsy Keller

Sport-specific health benefits / Jennifer Baima and William Mosi Jones

Exercise and obesity / Daniel S. Rooks and George L. Blackburn

Exercise and diabetes / Jacqueline Shahar and Osama Hamdy

Exercise and arthritis / Philip Blount

Exercise and osteoporosis / Christopher Morin and Jennifer Morin

Exercise and fibromyalgia / Kim Dupree Jones, Janice H. Hoffman, and Diane G. Adams

Exercise and cancer / Kathleen Y. Wolin

Exercise and gastrointestinal disorders / Gerard Mullin and Ghazaleh Aram.