Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adventure racing -- Aerobic training -- Age and exercise -- Aging athlete -- Alzheimer's disease -- Amenorrhea -- Amino acid metabolism -- Anabolic steroids and anabolic steroid use -- Anaerobic exercise -- Arm exercises -- Arthritis -- Asthma -- Athlete's foot -- Athletic heart syndrome -- Back exercises -- Balance training -- Ballet-barre -- Baseball -- Basketball -- Bellydancing -- Bicycling -- Bikram yoga -- Biochemistry of exercise -- Blisters -- Blood pressure and exercise -- Body composition tests -- Body mass index -- Bodybuilding -- Bone health -- Boot camp -- Boxing -- Bursitis -- Calcium status and exercise -- Calf exercises -- Calisthenics -- Calories -- Carbohydrate metabolism in exercise -- Carbohydrate replacement during exercise -- Carbohydrates -- Cardiac rehabilitation -- Cardiorespiratory fitness tests -- Cardiovascular disease -- Cardiovascular system -- Chest exercises -- Cholesterol -- Chronic disease prevention -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Circuit training -- Cold therapy -- Concentric training -- Concurrent training -- Concussion -- Core training -- Cricket -- Crossfit -- Dance -- Dehydration -- Delayed onset muscle soreness -- Diabetes and exercise -- Diabetes mellitus -- Digestive system -- Disease prevention and exercise -- Dumbbells -- Eating disorders -- Eccentric training -- Elliptical trainer -- Endocrine system -- Endurance training -- Energy drinks -- Energy expenditure -- Epinephrine -- Ergogenic aids -- Eurofit -- Exercise -- Exercise-induced anaphylaxis -- Exercise-induced oxidative stress and antioxidants -- Exercise intensity training methods -- Exercise, nutrition, and health -- Exercise and physical inactivity -- Exercise-related asthma -- Exercising at home -- Exergaming -- Fat burning -- Fatigue -- Fats -- Female triad -- Fencing -- Field hockey -- Fitness apps -- Flexibility tests -- Foam rollers -- Foot health -- Football -- Fracture -- Functional training -- Gastrointestinal function and exercise -- Golf -- Gymnastics -- Hamstring exercises -- Hand-eye coordination -- Handball -- Hatha yoga -- Healthy lives, healthy people -- Healthy people 2000 & 2010 -- Heart rate monitor -- Heat exhaustion -- Heat therapy -- Heatstroke -- Hip and thigh exercises -- History of fitness -- Hula hooping -- Hydration -- Hypertension -- Hyperthermia therapy -- Hyponatremia -- Ice hockey -- Immune system -- Immunity and the effects of exercise and nutrition -- Indoor cycling class -- Inline skating -- Integumentary system -- Interval training -- Iron status and exercise -- Ironman -- Isometric training -- Iyengar yoga -- Jumping rope -- Kettleball -- Kickboxing -- Kidney disease and exercise -- Kinesiology -- Lacrosse -- Lactate threshold training -- Leg exercises -- Low back pain -- Lower body exercises -- Lymphatic system --

Marathon and half marathon -- Martial arts -- Maximum oxygen uptake -- Men's fitness -- Mental health and exercise -- Metabolic equivalent of tasks -- Metabolism and energy -- Military fitness tests -- Mindful eating -- Moderate vs -- Vigorous intensity training -- Muscle cramp -- Muscle hypertrophy -- Muscle pain -- Muscle strain -- Muscle toning -- Muscular strength and endurance tests -- Muscular system -- Nerve entrapment -- Nervous system, autonomic -- Nervous system, somatic -- Nutrition supplements -- Nutrition timing -- Obesity -- Ocean sports -- Olympics -- Orthotics -- Osteoporosis -- Overhydration -- Overtraining -- Overuse injury -- Paddleboarding -- Paraplegic and quadriplegic athletes -- Patellofemoral syndrome -- Pedometer -- Performance-enhancing drugs -- Periodization -- Peripheral arterial disease -- Personal training -- Pilates -- Plantar fasciitis -- Power yoga -- Pre-participation screening -- Prenatal exercise -- President's challenge -- Protein -- Protein metabolism and exercise -- Qigong -- Quadricep exercises -- Racquetball -- Recess and unstructured play -- Rehydration and recovery after exercise -- Reproductive system, female -- Reproductive system, male -- Respiratory system -- Rock climbing -- Rotator cuff injury -- Rowing -- Rugby -- Running -- Senior fitness -- Senior fitness testing -- Shoulder stability -- Sitting -- Skateboarding -- Skeletal system -- Sling training -- Snowboarding -- Soccer -- Softball -- Sports nutrition -- Squash -- Stability training -- Stationary bicycle -- Step aerobics -- Stretching -- Sudden cardiac death related to exercise or sport -- Sunburn -- Swimming -- Table tennis -- Tae kwon do -- T'ai chi -- Target heart rate -- Tendinitis -- Tennis -- Thermal injuries -- Track and field -- Treadmill -- U --S -- President's Council on Fitness, sports, & nutrition -- Upper body exercises -- Urinary system -- Vinyasa yoga -- Volleyball -- Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio -- Walking -- Warm-up and cool down -- Water exercise -- Water intoxication -- Weight loss -- Weightlifting -- Winter sports -- Women's fitness -- Workplace and fitness -- Wrestling -- Yoga -- Youth sports -- Zumba.

Covers topics on physiology and fitness, including coverage of Healthy People 2010/2020, the nationwide initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve the nation's health, as well as topics on diseases and conditions related to fitness.

Description based on print version record.