It's Your Health. Take charge of it.
It's Your Health. Take charge of it.
The latest heath, science, and medical news, healthy living tips and fitness advice and more from Philly.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News.
The most important weight-loss message - you have to use more calories than you eat - hasn't changed in decades.
But dieting experts say science has some new, surprising things to say about the other half of the standard recommendation - exercise - and about which diet to use.
- Photo gallery: A mayor, a district attorney and a surgeon work exercise into a hectic schedule
- Video: Risa Vetri Ferman's workout
We're fat and we're raising fat kids.
Case in point: The nursing staff at the Philadelphia Department of Human Services recently purchased two scales that can each weigh a person up to 400 pounds. Pause for a moment and picture just how big that is. And then consider that agency officials felt it was necessary to buy two.
Something wasn't quite right.
Linda DeSmet was gaining weight but couldn't figure out why. Then she started getting short of breath with the slightest bit of exertion. Yet it was her sister who insisted she get checked out. It's a good thing she did.
"I was having congestive heart failure," says DeSmet.
Most people know that coronary heart disease is firmly linked to five basic risk factors: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and smoking.
But heart disease is a threat to practically everyone, not just hefty couch potatoes who smoke.
Check out our Fitness page, with weekly videos by Kimberly Garrison, the Good Life Guru, as well as articles on health and on healthy eating.
Our Healthy Kids bloggers have your kids in mind when they take on such family-focused topics as nutrition, concussions and more.
