Health vs. Fitness — What's the Difference?

Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity." A variety of definitions have been used for different purposes over time. Health can be promoted by encouraging healthful activities, such as regular physical exercise, and by reducing or avoiding unhealthful activities or situations, such as smoking or excessive stress.

The state or condition of being fit; suitability or appropriateness.

The overall condition of an organism at a given time.

Good health, especially good physical condition resulting from exercise and proper nutrition.

Soundness, especially of body or mind; freedom from disease or abnormality.

(Biology) The extent to which an organism is able to produce offspring in a particular environment.

A condition of optimal well-being

The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.

A wish for someone's good health, often expressed as a toast.

The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.

The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.

(evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.

A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.

The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.

Physical condition.

The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.

In shape, in forme.

The condition of being suitable;

(obsolete) Cure, remedy.

Good physical condition; being in shape or in condition

(countable) A toast to prosperity.

Fitness to traverse the seas

(video games) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.

The quality of being qualified

(obsolete) A warrior; hero; man.

The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.

A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast.

A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease;

The general condition of body and mind;