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Fitness : Hula-Hooping Fans Hope It Is the Next Big Trend in Fitness
Hula-hooping converts are hoping it is the next big trend in fitness, but some exercise professionals are doubtful.

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Really?: The Claim: A Glass of Wine With Dinner Aids Digestion
Can wine help you digest your meal?

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Q & A: Almonds for Calcium?
Are almonds a good source of calcium or do they block calcium absorption?

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Recipes for Health: Warm Chickpeas and Greens With Vinaigrette
In parts of France, farmers make a traditional meal of boiled chickpeas and spinach or chard.

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Recipes for Health: Clam or Mussel Stew With Greens and Beans
This wonderful winter seafood stew is easy to make and to serve.

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Recipes for Health: Greens and Mushroom Panini
When you blanch the greens, these panini make for a quick and wonderful meal.

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Observatory: A Vitamin Boost for Greens Under the Supermarket’s Glow
Researchers found that spinach leaves exposed to light had higher levels of vitamins than those kept in darkness.

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Personal Health: To Keep Moving, Look Beyond the Physical
For many people, regular physical activity is as much about social interaction as it is about being healthy.

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F.D.A. Cracks Down on Health Claims by Nestlé and Others
Warning letters went out over claims about Gerber baby food, Juicy Juice, Dreyer’s ice cream, POM pomegranate juice and Gorton’s fish fillets.

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Personal Best: Winter Training: Faster and Safer Indoors?
Researchers say you cannot get the same training effect with indoor substitutes.

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In Obesity Epidemic, What's One Cookie?
Small caloric changes have almost no long-term effect on weight, studies show.

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Obama Passes Checkup but Struggles With Smoking Habit
Doctors recommend that the president continue his “smoking cessation efforts” and that he change his diet to bring down a cholesterol level that is borderline high.

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Is Soda the New Tobacco?
Can a soda tax and warning labels help dam the river of sugared drinks Americans pour into ever-fatter bodies each year?

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Faster, Higher, Stronger: Working Out With Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler
Not long ago most snowboarders saw exercise and training as redundant, but Gretchen Bleiler is among the sport’s icons who have been leading a cultural shift by example.

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Personal Best: Why Being Slimmer Doesn’t Always Make You Fitter
Exercise physiologists encourage athletes to be aware of the point at which weight loss hinders performance.

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