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Fitness
* All fitness has two aspects, diet and exercise.
* Improve mental, emotional, and physical fitness and an appreciation for sports.
* Most fitnesses affect appearances.
* Most fitnesses contribute to diversity
  - genetic diversity
  - increase over time
  - lead to extinction
* affects lower back health
  - only death or reproduction
* also builds self-esteem and confidence
  - includes proper nutrition, rest, and avoiding alcohol and other drugs
* are competence
  - important numbers in evolutionary theory and can be estimated by three main methods
* arises through a process called adaptation.
* big part of aikido.
* can be a relation of genes to other genes
  - include balance training, such as tai chi, and strength training
  - increase at any age
* central idea in evolutionary theory.
* combination of aerobics, anaerobics, nutrition and stretching
  - heart and muscle capacity to use oxygen for energy production
* comes in many forms - biking, hiking, boating along scenic rivers, tennis, and much more.
* continuum, and it is activity specific.
* critical component of a healthy, holistic person.
* crucial contributor to overall vitality.
* describes the ability of an organism to both survive and reproduce.
* dynamic measure based on the sum of all interactions within the population.
* encompasses all of the struggle for existence.
* fast-moving field.
* function of the environmental gradients.
* general term with many meanings.
* has two components, aerobic and muscular.
* have direct impact
* includes mental as well as physical health.
* involves a balance between physical conditioning and mental wellness.
* is about the ability to move
  - all about having a sound mind and sound body
  - also a key factor in reducing the risk of decompression illness
* is an approximation of virulence
  - important component of overall wellness
  - individual matter
  - based on how long an individual can walk without bumping into a wall
  - both an art and science
  - calculated from both probability of survival and number of mates
  - comprised of three equally important components, strength , flexibility , and endurance
  - controlled by many factors that allow the organism to survive and reproduce
  - defined by two attributes, energy and safety
  - determined more by the intensity of exercise than the duration
  - different things to different people
  - foremost in climbing
  - how well an organism can survive and reproduce
  - important at any age
* is measured from a performance standpoint with various physical feats
  - in protoplasts of cultured cells and in plants
  - more important for men than for women
* is more than being trim or muscular
  - muscle mass
  - never just physical - it involves both the mind and body together
  - one among many factors that influence one s health
  - physical, mental, and spiritual
  - primarily a term that relates to the disability evaluation system
  - quality
* is the capacity to survive and reproduce in a given environment
  - first requisite to happiness
  - foundation of work capacity
  - key to wellness and life-long independence
  - most important property of any organism according to evolutionary theory
  - usually an indicator of function and to a healthy worker
  - very important in our daily lives
* lifelong effort.
* lifetime activity.
* magazine for women who want to look and feel good.
* measure of an organism's reproductive success.
* measure of how good an optimal solution is in solving a given problem
  - strong the character is, based on size
* measures the number of the 'copies' of the genes of an individual in the next generation.
* necessarily involves a lifestyle change.
* parameter that quantitatively measures adaptation of a virus to a given environment.
* personal responsibility for both career and health reasons.
* plays a crucial role in our happiness.
* positive activity to include in relationships.
* promotes independence and self-sufficiency.
* reduces the lifestyle-limiting effects of osteoporosis and arthritis.
* refers to a quality that enables someone to carry out a certain role or task
  - optimal health and overall well being in other words, good health
* refers to the ability of a species to survive and reproduce
  - organisms' ability to leave surviving offspring
  - relative ability of an organism to contribute to subsequent generations
* reflects the genes contributed by an individual to their descendants.
* relative measure.
* requires physical conditioning through an exercise or sports program.
* responsibility, and exercise is an act of self-respect.
* statistical property.
* varies in time and space.
* way of life.
+ Fitness, Relatedness: Classical genetics :: Evolutionary biology
  * Fitness measures the number of the 'copies' of the genes of an individual in the next generation. It doesn't really matter how the genes arrive in the next generation. Selection which promotes this kind of helper behaviour is called kin selection.
+ Polymorphism, Genetic polymorphism, Balancing selection: Evolutionary biology :: Classical genetics :: Ecology
  * Fitness varies in time and space. Fitness of a genotype may vary greatly between larval and adult stages, or between parts of a habitat range.