Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years - starting as young as age 12 - can help protect girls from breast cancer when they're grown. Middle-aged women have long been advised to get active to lower their risk of breast cancer after menopause.
If you didn't get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award in school, the government is giving you another chance to prove you're in shape.
If you had the time to get in the car and drive to the gym, you wouldn't feel so guilty about wasting that monthly fee. We feel your pain (and no gain). But if you had that fitness equipment in your house, you'd use it, right? Sure you would. And you're interviewing personal trainers starting this week, right?
More than half of U.S. adults with diabetes also have arthritis, raising a serious obstacle for diabetic patients urged to exercise, according to a government study.
People who sleep fewer than six hours a night - or more than nine - are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies.
Rana Parker tells pudgy police they have the right to remain chubby, but it can and will be used against them on the streets of Los Angeles. The dietitian lays down the law for recruits, veterans and top brass, letting them know that eating right can help them do a better job and could even save their lives.
With role models like New York City Marathon winner Paula Radcliffe, who trained throughout her pregnancy, it's clear that exercise doesn't need to stop when pregnancy begins. And when you consider the benefits of exercise - including lower risk of gestational diabetes, easier labor, and a more speedy recovery - exercise is one of the best things a mom-to-be can do for herself.
Surely Carly Simon wasn't talking about anybody in this room.
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