A two-generation study of body mass index, energy balance and specific physical activity of college students and their respective parents living in the same household at Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
The purpose was to compare the differences in body mass index (BMI), energy balance (EB) and specific physical activity (SPA) between 30 CSULA college students (Y) and their respective parents(O) living in the same household at Los Angeles, California, U,S.A. Each student completed a 24-hour dietary record with SPA...

My Diva Diet.
My Diva Diet Christine Lakatos Privately Published 2430 Greenwood Avenue, Morro Bay, CA 93442 9780615240879, $29.00, pgs. 412, www.MyDivaDiet.com Still another diet book? Well "My Diva Diet: A Women's Last Diet Book " is a diet book unlike you...

GNC Introduces NutriSystem(R) Nourish(TM) Program.
Strategic Alliance Benefits Both Companies and Consumers; NutriSystem Now Available in Select GNC Stores PITTSBURGH, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- GNC, the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional products, today announced a new relationship with NutriSystem, Inc. GNC recently began offering the NutriSystem program in 160 of its...

KICKING FOR A CAUSE: Beachbody Pledges $1 million if Akers Breaks NFL Longest Field Goal.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- One Million Dollars. That's what Philadelphia Eagles placekicker David Akers is set to receive for his favorite charity. But here's the kicker: Akers needs to boot a 64-yard field goal in a game and break an NFL record that's stood for the past 38...

A health probe in college students living in Los Angeles and in Taiwan: dietary pattern, physical activity and energy balance.
The objective was to examine differences of dietary pattern, physical activity and energy balance in 240 college students with 137 of them enrolled in California State University, Los Angeles (LA) and the other 93 enrolled in China Medical University in Taichung, Taiwan (TW). A three-day dietary record and a...

Mel Williams, Ph.D. over 100 marathons and counting.
Mel Williams, Ph.D., sighs and sheepishly offers that "Monday was just an easy five." But this "easy five" came after having already run 18 miles on Saturday and seven hilly miles on Sunday. "You find you don't recover like you used to," observes Williams, who has an astounding 112...

Take The Magic Step, LLC(SM) Created in Response to Corporate Demand for Health & Fitness Program, Expansion of Philanthropic Activities.
Uta Pippig, Founder -- winner of 3 consecutive Boston Marathons, 3 Berlin Marathons and the New York Marathon -- named President of the new corporation NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Uta Pippig, 41, Olympian and winner of multiple Boston and Berlin Marathons, as well as the...

Try detox diet before you date.
Byline: Rajeshwari Sharma Tune into any health & fitness programme or check any bookshop, and we bet you'll find a plethora of quick-fix diets offering to cleanse your system and help you lose weight in a couple of days. Detox may not quite be the next big...

Adirondack Pure Announces Increased Sales of MaxO2 Through GNC Retail Stores in the Northeastern US.
SYOSSET, N.Y., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Adirondack Pure Springs Mt. Water Co., Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: APSW), a Company involved in the bottled water and beverage industry, announced today that its MaxO2 Oxygenated Natural Water, which is sold throughout the 1800 General Nutrition Centers stores throughout the...

Teaching the 'whys' and 'hows' of cardiorespiratory fitness.
If poorly developed and presented, cognitive instructional cardiorespiratory programs can benefit students by motivating them to participate in a program of lifetime fitness. Aerobic activities such as walking, running, swimming, cycling, and dancing are offered in secondary school fitness programs, but to what extent are these activities accompanied by...