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Taking Fitness to the Streets

Jponte26 — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:45:05 -0400

More simple tips from Tina Vindum on how you can get the most out of the time you spend outdoors getting fit and healthy. Reduce injuries, alleviate depression, select the proper exercise equipment and more with these fitness-related ideas.

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Scientists Find Something Good About a Big Bottom

jride — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:26:10 -0400

A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer some protection against diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

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Exercise-Heart Study Casts Doubt on 'Fit But Fat' Theory

jride — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:31:10 -0400

New research challenges the notion that you can be fat and fit, finding that being active can lower but not eliminate heart risks faced by heavy women.

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Couch-Potato Culture May Cut Our Lives Short

jride — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:23:32 -0400

Will today’s kids be the first generation to reverse U.S. longevity gains?

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Fat Bias Worse for Women

jride — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:40:15 -0400

It only takes a modest weight gain for a woman to experience weight discrimination, but men can gain far more weight before experiencing similar bias, a new study shows.

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At Risk: Pot Belly in Midlife Is Linked to Dementia

jride — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:26:00 -0400

People with a large pot belly in midlife are at increased risk for dementia in their later years, according to a new study, and the bigger the belly the higher the risk.

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The Breakfast Snub

savasthi — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:15:25 -0400

Too bad the half-and-half in my morning coffee doesn't count as breakfast. Same goes for the handful of trail mix I might nibble on around 10 a.m. I'm just not a breakfast person. I wish I could say otherwise, because I know skipping it sets me up for poor concentration and feelings of hunger throughout the day. If that wasn't reason enough, research shows that eating a decent, doughnut-free breakfast can help people maintain their weight, or even drop a few pounds. According...

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Riding, Walking to Work Builds Fitness Into Day

LIME — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:26:26 -0500

Millions of mass transit riders around the United States are realizing that leaving the car behind and getting on a train is good for physical and mental health.

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In Defense of Snow

ElizaT — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:50:58 -0500

Image at right: Solar panels at the top of Vail mountain When a group of eco-radicals from the Earth Liberation Front torched a $12 million development on Colorado’s Vail Mountain in 1998, the ski industry’s ecological footprint — traditionally one of clear-cut trails, ritzy condo developments and fuel-chugging lifts — was thrust into the public eye. Now, nearly ten years later, and with climate change on the nation’s brain, the stark realization that snow could become a thing of...

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Pump Up The Jams

savasthi — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:17:28 -0500

Some friends and I were driving home after day-trip recently, and my iPod was plugged into the car stereo. For miles, we listened to the mellow, obscure, alternative-ish music that's popular on college radio stations. And then ABBA's Dancing Queen came blasting through the speakers. I clicked past it, only to hit Justin Timberlake's Sexy Back, Kelly Clarkson's Since You Been Gone, and Rihanna's SOS. My iPod had zeroed in on my workout playlist, revealing the music that motivates me...

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