A recent article in Time Magazine, “Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin,” has the fitness industry pulling out it’s collective hair.
The article says, in short, exercise all you want and you won’t lose weight until you eat less and eat better.…

Physicians should recommend low to moderate exercise for their pregnant patients, even if they have not exercised prior to pregnancy, says a report in the August issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Exercise strengthens and improves…

Wow. Weird timing. Today’s new STL Health section contains my story, Rx for exercise offers cheap steps toward health. It’s about how more doctors are writing detailed prescriptions for exercise as preventive medicine rather than as just part of rehabilitative programs.…

If you’re getting hungry right now, it’s no wonder. Apparently the mere suggestion of getting fit can boost your appetite. Dolores Albarracín, psychology professor at the University of Illinois, says in the most recent issue of “Obesity” that weight-loss campaigns that promote…

Exercise burns calories which can lead to weight loss. Everyone knows that. But the RockyMountTelegram.com explains how it helps manage weight by also elevating the mood and combating Seasonal Affective Disorder during the winter. A vigorous workout increases the body’s production…

As a promotion for National Recess Week, Cartoon Network just sent me a red rubber ball like the one pictured to the left. It’s sitting on my desk emitting a wonderful rubber odor and, when bounced, it makes that singular plunky…

Did you know that a slice of apple pie at Denny’s Restaurant has 470 calories and 21 grams of fat? Or that a 150-pound person who cycles at a medium pace for 1 hour burns about 545 calories? I just…

Some people swear they can’t exercise in the morning because they’re too sleepy and their hearts aren’t pumping hard enough and they need food and caffeine and, well, there are a lot of reasons that make perfect sense.  Others claim…

Edna Parker, the world’s oldest person, died Wednesday at age 115. She seldom, if ever, offered tips on living longer other than to advocate the benefits of education.

But one of her grandchildren told the Associated Press that Edna had a…

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Do you hear that? Sneezing here. Coughing there. And is that you? Sniffling? Everyone has a cold. How long ’til you get one? And what should you do about exercising if you do succumb?

Researchers discovered several years ago that moderate…