Kinesiology is a broad field dealing with the study of movement, function, and performance and how that movement affects overall health. Exercise science is a subfield of kinesiology that focuses on human response and adaptation to exercise and focuses on the underlying mechanisms that affect exercise.
There is essentially no difference. I have seen university programs change their names from "exercise science" to "kinesiology" (or "kinesiology and health") with no (or minimal) change in the curriculum.
kinesiology is a broader field that encompasses the study of human movement from multiple perspectives, while exercise science is a more specific discipline within kinesiology that focuses specifically on the study of exercise and its effects on human health and performance
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