Friday, October 5, 2007


Ball body challenge promotes healthy living - Marines.com

Ball body challenge promotes healthy living
Marines.com - 19 minutes ago
No matter what workout plan is followed, daily exercise and weight control should be the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. But exercise is only half the ...

Society is the prime suspect - Guardian Unlimited

Society is the prime suspect
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 24 minutes ago
Her comments were inspired by the responses from modelling agencies to her healthy-sized niece. As the Daily Mail reports it, Mirren said: "I blame my own ...

Blazers Training Camp Update - HoopsWorld

Blazers Training Camp Update
HoopsWorld - 26 minutes ago
It's better to be safe than sorry in Roy's case and even he admitted the Blazers need to remain healthy to compete this season. If taking this precaution ...

Best friends in waiting - Unleashed - Chicago Tribune Blog

Best friends in waiting
Unleashed - Chicago Tribune Blog, IL - 38 minutes ago
He has recovered nicely, putting on weight and developing a soft and shiny coat, and is now quite the looker. Comet has a lot more going for him -- he loves ...

DineWise Adds Weight Loss Meals and Meal Plans to Its Line of Healthy and Del...
FARMINGDALE, N.Y.----DineWise, Inc. , a leading direct marketer of delicious, chef-prepared meals and quality foods since 1959, today announced the introduction of the DineWise® Weight Loss Meals and Meal Plans to its healthy lifestyle line of foods that are tasty, nutritious and ready to heat.

Families And Communities Unite To Promote Healthy Hearts (Medical News Today)
With 155 million obese and overweight children throughout the world, studies show that parents play a crucial role in helping control their children's weight and teaching them other healthy habits to reduce the principal risk factors leading to heart disease and stroke in adulthood. [click link f...

"Healthy Buddies" teach lifestyle lessons to kids (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A school-based healthy lifestyle program appears to improve the attitudes elementary school children have toward healthy foods and physical activity, study findings suggest.

CAROLYN HAX: Baby isn't a weight-and-see deal (Contra Costa Times)
Q: My husband and I consider our weight issues genetic. We're trying to get pregnant, and my sister and two friends have all said it would be "irresponsible" or maybe even "cruel" to produce a child probably doomed to be fat.

Monday, October 1, 2007


The impact of physical activity on weight-bearing knee joint - Medicexchange

The impact of physical activity on weight-bearing knee joint
Medicexchange, UK - 9 minutes ago
Demonstrating a protective effect of past and current vigorous physical activity on knee cartilage in healthy adults, this study strongly supports the ...

Support Groups: Life Changes - Modesto Bee

Support Groups: Life Changes
Modesto Bee, CA - 14 minutes ago
527-3412. Changes or additions to this list should be made to Healthy Living, Features, The Modesto Bee, PO Box 5256, Modesto 95352, or to living@modbee.com.

Nokia N95 8GB - T3

Nokia N95 8GB
T3, UK - 33 minutes ago
Not much slimmer, but it's lost a load of weight and gained more memory. Sweet! [more images] The Nokia N95 has a couple of tiny niggly flaws - the satnav ...

Rice Eaters Are Healthy Eaters - PR Newswire (press release)

Rice Eaters Are Healthy Eaters
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 37 minutes ago
... have better health parameters, is good news for people who are looking to adopt healthier eating habits and maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle. ...

Heart-Healthy Exercise May Also Be Knee-Healthy Exercise (Medical News Today)
The world's most common joint disease, osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of disability among adults over the age of 50. Whether physical activity is beneficial or detrimental to weight-bearing joints, knees in particular, has been open to debate. [click link for full article]

Weight Loss Can Control Hypertension (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
FRIDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- An Italian study has identified overweight as a direct cause of high blood pressure. And it also showed that up to half of overweight people can bring down blood pressure to healthy levels by weight reduction.

UMass Medical School study identifies the best weight-loss plans for heart he...
Over the past three decades, the rising obesity epidemic has been accompanied by a proliferation of weight-loss plans.

Best weight-loss plans for heart health (News-Medical-Net)
Over the past three decades, the rising obesity epidemic has been accompanied by a proliferation of weight-loss plans. However, as a new study by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) reveals, these weight-loss plans vary significantly in their ability to positive...