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California schoolchildren growing fatter, but fitter too
Six years after California instituted a statewide effort to pare fat and boost fitness in its schoolchildren, the kids haven't reversed the trend of growing obesity in their ranks. But they are fitter and, as a group, have slowed the growth of obesity,...Tags: Obesity, Michelle Obama, University of California, Davis, Politics, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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The Sunday Conversation: Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury, 86, returns to movie theaters on Friday as the lovable teapot Mrs. Potts in "Beauty and the Beast" as Disney Studios rereleases the popular 1991 animated film remastered in digital 3-D. The five-time Tony Award winner also returns to...Tags: Music, Murder, Angela Lansbury, Television, Entertainment Events
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That bad attitude? Blame the birth month
If you don't believe in horoscopes, you're in step with science. But that's not the same as saying the season of your birth cannot affect your fate. Hundreds of studies, published in peer-reviewed journals, have suggested that the month a person is born...Tags: Weight, University of Chicago, Schizophrenia, Physical Conditions, Measles
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Five Questions: Daphne Oz
As co-host of "The Chew"(a food and talk show on ABC), Daphne Oz gets to sample items like the Big Mike Burger (two patties, three buns and cheese), chicken and dumplings à la Gwyneth Paltrow and pizza by fellow host Mario Batali.
But the daughter of...Tags: Gwyneth Paltrow, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Vitamin D, Vegetarian Diet, ABC (tv network)
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What studies have shown about sugar
Case for the prosecution Sodas, candy bars and sweet breakfast cereals are entwined in modern life — along with a lot of other questionable choices and bad habits. It's hard to know exactly what all of that sugar is doing to our bodies, but...
Tags: Heart Attack, Human Body, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Medical Research
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New York City schoolchildren are losers when it comes to weight
Nation NowNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has made the city's health a priority in his three terms, announced Thursday that obesity rates among elementary and middle-school students in public schools have inched down over the last five years.... -
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Go ahead: Eat the Marshmallow now. (You were likely born that way)
Remember those poor little kids who just couldn't wait for the Psych professor to come back into the room before they ate the marshmallow? You know, the ones with little to no self-control, who would go on to do more poorly in school, to be less "socially...Tags: Obesity, Weight, Substance Abuse, Marshmallows, Medical Research
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Myth vs. Fact
Learning about Type 2 diabetes and the risk factors involved can help a person detect the disease early or know what he or she needs to do to minimize their risk. Type 2 diabetes, which used to be called adult-onset diabetes, is becoming more common,...Tags: Hispanic and Latino Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight
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In-Your-Face Fitness: A few dents in those cellulite theories
In July 2010, there was an end-of-days-type hailstorm in Calgary, and my little Acura got hammered. Now I drive a car that looks like it has cellulite.
I'm cheap, and I don't need an overpriced and rapidly depreciating midlife-crisis-mobile to boost my...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Dermatologists, Mass Media, Cosmetic Procedures, Weight Loss
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Heavy D dies at 44; singer who shaped rap music
Rapper and actor Heavy D, who played an influential role in shaping
rap music in the late '80s and early '90s with a fusion of New Jack Swing and reggae, has died. He was 44.
Heavy D, who was born Dwight Arrington Myers, died Tuesday in the...Tags: Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige, NAACP, Disasters and Accidents, Barry White
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