Health and Fitness Blog

Get moving: The nation’s new exercise guidelines set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults, that’s 2½ hours a week.

When Patti Kiernan found out she had osteoporosis, she decided it was time to find a more focused workout.

The average American child spends nearly 12,000 hours in school, from kindergarten through 12th grade. That’s a big chunk of time during which he or she can develop good (or bad) health habits.

Latin music pulses from the stereo as 40 women jump, shimmy and sway to the beat.

If you’re fat, maybe you CAN blame your genes. But there’s a way to overcome that family history — just get three to four hours of moderate activity a day.

When “spastic ball” starts, it’s better to duck first and ask questions later.

Every gym has its share of grunters, groaners, heavy sweaters and hygiene queens. And then there are the aerobics assailants.

Everyone wants to be more physically fit, but the toughest thing is finding motivation — the motivation to get started, the motivation to keep going, the motivation to push yourself to the next level.

If Nintendo has their way your living room could be the new big thing in exercise.

Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years — starting as young as age 12 — can help protect girls from breast cancer when they’re grown