

On any given weekend, attending a chess tournament, a hip hop fest, or a martial arts competition in the Bay Area wouldn't be that unusual.Going to an event fusing all three is a different story.
Read more...10,000 Iowa children join Michelle Obama in Des Moines. (KCCI) DES MOINES, Iowa -- Michelle Obama challenged Iowa children Thursday to think of new ways to get their friends involved in fitness and health.
Read more...Eastern North Carolina boasts a rich culture, with its fascinating history, friendly people and its tasty, but unhealthy, food. A steady diet of fried foods, fatty meats, salty side dishes and sugary sweets along with a sedentary lifestyle combine to...
Read more...The stories are grandiose. They border insanity. They’re unhealthy, and in some cases, so extreme that they’re tragic.
Read more...Mayor John DeStefano is sending home dispatches from his trip to Seattle to attend a school reform conference sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Following is his second dispatch, sent Thursday:
Read more...(THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A 33-year-old woman in London lost 57kg over two years because a video game had indicated that she was overweight, Nanyang Siang Pau and China Press reported Related Stories Iraq approves death penalty for Baghdad bombings convicts Santorum edges Romney in final Iowa count US jobless claims drop to near 4-year low 'Why is the sky blue?': Parents fear kids ...
Read more...Jumping to conclusions about the overweight hurts both the person being judged and the person doing the judging, says Michelle Bridges.
Read more...Kayne Tremills knows what it's like to be bullied. Overweight in primary school, the ABC3 presenter of My Great Big Adventure says that at the time he had "a lot going on" at home. The bullying went on into high school. It hasn't scarred him. Instead it's made him more empathic - to both the bullies and the bullied.
Read more...In a North Dakota classroom of 25 high school students, six are overweight or obese, 14 do not get enough physical activity and 21 do not eat enough fruits and vegetables.
Read more...The exclusive event kicked off the official release of author Tania N. Boughton’s inspiring debut cookbook that teaches “cooking with common sense” to lose weight and get in shape.Dallas, TX (PRWEB) February 09, 2012 Over 125 people attended the exclusive launch party celebrating Eating Light, Done Right, the aspirational new cookbook from “Single Mom Next Door” Tania N. Boughton. Colleagues ...
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