Health is the balance of body and mind, maintained through exercise, nutrition, rest, and healthy habits that boost strength, endurance, clarity, and immunity.
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Physical Fitness
Nutrition & Diet
Mental & Emotional Health
Lifestyle Factors
Preventive & Clinical Health
Physical Fitness
Physical fitness is the body's ability to perform daily tasks with strength, endurance, and flexibility.
Cardiovascular endurance is the ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to deliver oxygen to the body during sustained physical activity.
Cardiovascular Endurance: What It Is, and How to Improve It
Muscular strength is the ability to exert force, and **muscular endurance** is the ability to sustain repeated efforts over time.
Muscular Strength and Endurance
Flexibility is the ability to move joints through their full range of motion.
Flexibility | Sports Medicine | UC Davis Health
Body composition is the proportion of fat, muscle, bone, and other tissues in the body.
Body Composition: Health and Body Fat
Nutrition & Diet
Nutrition and diet refer to the food and nutrients consumed to maintain health, support growth, and provide energy.
A balanced diet provides all essential nutrients in the right amounts to support overall health and energy.
Balanced Diet: What Is It and How to Achieve It
Hydration is the process of maintaining adequate water balance in the body for proper function and health.
Hydration: Why It's So Important
Supplements are products taken to add nutrients or enhance health that may be missing from the diet.
FDA 101: Dietary Supplements
Mental & Emotional Health
Mental and emotional health refers to the well-being of the mind, including how we think, feel, and cope with life’s challenges.
Stress management involves techniques and practices to reduce and cope with stress for better mental and physical health.
Stress Management Techniques and Strategies to Deal with Stress.
Sleep quality is how well you rest during sleep, affecting energy, mood, and overall health.
What Is Sleep Quality?
Emotional well-being is the ability to manage emotions, cope with challenges, and maintain a positive outlook.
Emotional wellness and well-being: What is it, causes, how to improve
Lifestyle Factors
Lifestyle factors are daily habits and behaviors—like diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management—that impact overall health and well-being.
Rest and recovery are essential periods that allow the body and mind to heal, rebuild, and regain energy after physical or mental exertion.
Rest and recovery are critical for athletes of all ages from students to pros to older ...
Avoidance of harmful habits means steering clear of behaviors like smoking, excessive drinking, and drug use to maintain good health and well-being.
Breaking Bad Habits
Regular health checkups help detect potential health issues early and ensure overall well-being through preventive care and monitoring.
Regular health checks
Preventive & Clinical Health
Preventive and clinical health involves measures to prevent illness and the medical care needed to diagnose, treat, and manage health conditions.
Exercise as medicine refers to using physical activity as a tool to prevent, manage, and treat various health conditions, improving overall well-being.
Exercise is Medicine
Chronic disease prevention is avoiding long-term illnesses through healthy habits like diet, exercise, and regular checkups.
Prevention of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet and Lifestyle Changes
Injury prevention and rehabilitation focus on avoiding injuries and restoring strength and function after recovery.