Fitness Goals: Focus on Behaviors, Not Weight
If your goal is to reach and maintain a healthy weight, assess the following behaviors to determine if you should...
December 10, 2015
News Roundup: Obesity Rates Still Rising; Holiday...
Obesity rates are still on the rise despite widespread campaigns to raise awareness of the higher risk for heart disease...
November 13, 2015
Watch Now: Late Bedtimes Linked to Weight...
If you’re hoping to avoid weight gain, here’s one fattening recipe to skip: a late bedtime. Teen and adults with...
October 13, 2015
News Roundup: Florida’s Obesity Rate Is 8th...
Florida has the eighth-lowest adult obesity rate in the nation at 26.2 percent. However, the state's adult obesity rate has...
September 25, 2015
Making Family Fitness A Year-Round Event
More and more studies show that people of all ages can benefit from regular exercise.
September 21, 2015
The ‘Skinny’ on Carbs With Resistant Starch
If you’ve dieted at any point in your life, most likely you were told or understood to avoid potatoes, bananas...
August 18, 2015
Cycling Deaths: Down for Kids, but Up...
Children today are far less likely to ride their bicycles to schools than they were in the 1970s, and that...
August 14, 2015
Knowing Your ‘Body Fat Composition’
If you have too much fat — especially around your waist — you're at higher risk for such health problems...
June 11, 2015
Melanoma Rate Doubles; The Skinny on Healthy...
The rate of diagnoses for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has doubled between 1982 and 2011, the U.S....
June 5, 2015
Rising 'Metabolic Syndrome' Now Affects 35% of...
Metabolic syndrome, which encompasses a group of risk factors — such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar, undesirable cholesterol...
May 27, 2015
