Physical and Mental FItness

Physical fitness:-

It is a state of health and well being and more specifically , the ability to perform aspects of sports occupations and daily activities. Physical fitness is generally achieved through proper nutrition, moderate vigorous physical exercise, and  sufficient rest.

Before the industrial revolution , fitness was defined as the capacity to carry out the days activities without undue fatigue. However, with automation and changes in lifestyles physical fitness is now considered as a measure of the body's ability to function effectively in work and leisure activities to healthy to resist hypokinetic diseases, and to meet emergency situations.

Mental Health;-

It is that level of psychological well being or an absence of mental fitness. It is the state of someone who is 'functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioural adjustment. From the perspectives of positive psychology orof holism, mental health may include an individual ability to enjoy life, and to create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience. According to the World health organization , mental heath includes 'subjective well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy, competence, inter-generationals dependence, and self-actulization of one's intellectual and emotional potential, among others. The WHO further states that the well being of an individual is encompassed in the realization of their abilities, coping with normal stresses of life, productive work and contributing to their community. Cultural differences, subjectives assessments and competing professional theories all affect how one defines "mental health".